Santuario Nazionale a Maria Madre e Regina
Antonio Guacci
Trieste, Italia
45°41′35″N 13°44′57″E
1965
Hall of Nations, Pragati Maidan, Raj Rewal
The Hall of Nations was an exhibition hall inaugurated in New Delhi, India in 1972. Designed by Indian architect Raj Rewal and structurally engineered by Mahendra Raj. It was an integral part of the Pragati Maidan complex, built to celebrate 25 years of Indian independence. At the time, it was the world’s largest space-frame structure built in reinforced concrete.
Centro de Exposições do Centro Administrativo da Bahia, João Filgueiras Lima
Centro de Exposições do Centro Administrativo da Bahia, João Filgueiras Lima Centro de Exposições do Centro Administrativo da BahiaJoão Filgueiras LimaBahia, Brasil12°56’52.341”S 38°25’39.666”W1974 TER
Blue Box House, Mayumi Miyawaki
Blue Box House
Mayumi Miyawaki
Tokyo, Japan
35°36’32.284”N 139°38’12.928”E
1971
Monumento alla Partigiana, Carlo Scarpa
Monumento Alla Partigiana / Monument to the Partisan Woman by Carlo Scarpa and sculptor Augusto Murer.
Villa Losonci, György Kévés
Villa Losonci, György Kévés Villa Losonci György Kévés Mátyáshegy, Hungary 47°32′03″N 19°01′37″E 1972 “In 1972 Gyorgy Gives built a summer house for a friend in the Budapest green belt. The house ressembles more tropicals forms of contemporary buildings which have analogies in Brazil and Italy. Unsing a circular form he created a new type of […]
Cretto di Burri, the Buried Town
The Cretto di Burri is a white concrete sculpture located on the ancient small town of Gibellina in Sicily. Alberto Burri built this monumental landscape artwork on the ruins of the town, destroyed by an earthquake.
Barragem de Varosa, a Dam Between Rock and Concrete
In Portugal, the Varosa dam was built on a small tributary of the Douro River. The concrete vault is best known for its impressive staircase built in terraces, allowing the natural rock and the structure of the dam to merge.
Casa Carvajal, a Brutalist House on a Slope
After a successful first part of his career the Spanish architect Javier Carvajal built the Casa Carvajal for his family. This 1000m² house made of rough concrete is remarkable for its spatial articulation and its adaptation to the surrounding environment.
Giuseppe Davanzo, Foro Boario di Padova
The Foro Boario is a livestock market built in the mid-60s in Padova, Italia. Its ingenious design built in prefabricated concrete modules did not find its place in the unbridled context of an expanding city.