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Victor Horta

Maison Du Peuple Brussels, Belgium 1897

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Victor Horta

Hotel Tassel Brussels, Belgium 1892-1893

#victor horta #belgium #1890s #residential #metal

Paul Engelmann

Haus Wittgenstein Austria, Vienna 1928

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Jan Duiker + Bernard Bijvoet

Sanatorium Zonestraal Netherlands, Hilversum 1925

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Rudolf Steiner

Goetheanum Switzerland, Dornach 1913

#rudolf steiner #switzerland #1910s #concrete #cultural #religious

Vitra Design Museum

Frank Gehry Germany, Weil am Rhein 1989

#frank gehry #germany #1980s #concrete #cultural #commercial

biennalearchitettura

Venice Biennale of Architecture 2023 | The Laboratory of the Future From Darkness to Light Bulgaria

Curator: Boris Tikvarski Exhibitors: Alexander Dumarey + Bojidara Valkova + Mariya Gyaurova + Mike Fritsch + Kostadin Kokalanov

Bulgaria is experiencing the fastest population decline on a global scale. As the population dwindles there are fewer and fewer children to fill the schools. Every year dozens of schools close their doors. Some of the buildings have been renovated and are back in use as housing or as hotels. Most of them are abandoned. The exhibition focuses on the traces of existence, depopulation, and the abandoned schools of Bulgaria. It is an exploration of a different future, marked by urban decline and rural flight. Based on the work of photographer Alexander Dumarey, the pavilion becomes a platform for debate and speculation for the future. How do we cope with shrinking regions? How to address preservation? How to adapt to change?

Source: labiennale.org