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1844. London, The Barbican Centre

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Dear Alex,

"For most, brutalism is a miserable danger zone of
concrete... But the Barbican reminds us of how different
it could have been" (Tom Dixon)

Best regards,
R

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1759. Löwenberg i. Schl. Rathaus

Dear Deborah,

"Through art man places himself outside nature, with technics
he places himself inside nature" (Hans Poelzig)

The Löwenberg city hall was built in the XIV century,
renovated by Poelzig in 1903-1905, destroyed in 1945, and
rebuilt in 1958.

Sincerely,
R

1783. Rovaniemi, Linja-autoasema

Dear Harri,

"Inspiration for the design of the roof forms of Rovaniemi Bus
Station came from Vuoksenniska Church, a project I worked on
simultaneously in Aalto's office" (Karlo Leppänen)

Sincerely,
R

1782. Stadtschloss und Nicolaikirche, Gruss aus Potsdam

Dear Martin,

"The duty of architecture is to turn something useful, practical,
and functional into something beautiful" (K.F. Schinkel)

Sincerely,
R

1739. Sarajevo Nova željeznička stanica

Dear Miljenko,

The new Railway Station of Sarajevo was designed by architects
from Czechoslovakia and East Germany and finished by Croatian
and Bosnian architects. Works started in 1947 and ends in 1953.
The station was declared National Monument in 2018.

Respectfully,
R

1850. Institute du Monde Arabe, Paris

Dear Michel,

"Each new situation requires a new architecture"
(Jean Nouvel)

Regards,
R

1844. London, The Barbican Centre

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