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Traditional Swiss farm and village house design depended on a number of factors including the local climate, type of agriculture, materials available, local tradition and location. Each region in Switzerland developed their own style of vernacular architecture to meet these factors.
White House art space, Craigmillar, Edinburgh, 1936 Willison House (former Robertson's House Furnishers), Dundee, c. 1934 (destroyed by fire, 2022) [ 7 ] [ 8 ] Wilson Memorial United Free Church, Portobello, Edinburgh, 1933
Lutyens was commissioned to design a new Cathedral, but rising costs caused the abandonment of the scheme; his design for the crypt was realised and completed in 1958. [86] Liffey Art Gallery: Dublin: Ireland: Sir Hugh Lane: Intended to house the city Art gallery, but the City Councillors did not want to obstruct the view up the river.
It is now considered one of Europe's most famous landmarks. Altes Museum (Old museum) on Museum Island in Berlin. The most important architect of this style in Germany was undoubtedly Karl Friedrich Schinkel. Schinkel's style, in his most productive period, is defined by its appeal to Greek rather than Roman architecture, avoiding the style ...
Cube houses (Dutch: kubuswoningen) are a set of innovative houses built in Helmond and Rotterdam in the Netherlands, designed by architect Piet Blom. They are based on the concept of "living as an urban roof": high density housing with sufficient space on the ground level; its main purpose being to optimize the space inside.
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization has designated 171 World Heritage Sites in Western Europe (including international dependencies).). These sites are located in 9 countries (also called "state parties"); Germany and France are home to the most with 46 and 45, while Liechtenstein, Monaco and the British Crown Dependencies of the Isle of Man, Guernsey and ...
In 1934 Paalanen was commissioned to design an equivalent urban type-house, and he came up with twelve different options. Alvar Aalto, too, became involved, from 1936, in standard small houses, designing for the Ahlström timber and wood product company, with three types of the so-called AA system: 40 m 2 (Type A), 50 m 2 (Type B) and 60 m 2 ...
Villa Tugendhat (Czech: Vila Tugendhat) is an architecturally significant building in Brno, Czech Republic.It is one of the pioneering prototypes of modern architecture in Europe, and was designed by the German architects Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Lilly Reich.