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The Art Museum “Tenerife Espacio de las Artes” (TEA) by Herzog & De Meuron and Virgilio Gutiérrez is located in the old center of Santa Cruz. It consists of a large multi-level structure on the right-hand side of the “Barranco de Santos”―the ravine which cuts the city in two―hosting a library, an exhibition space, a modern art museum and a center for photography.
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The Olympic Athletic Center of Athens (OAKA), is a sport facilities complex built in 1982 and refurbished for the Athens 2004 Olympic Games under a design produced by the Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava.
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Built in 2003 in Rome and designed by the American architect Richard Meier using TX Active, a photocatalytic cement specifically produced by Italcementi Group for this architectural work. (altro…)
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Designed by Santiago Calatrava in 2001 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.
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Designed by Frank O. Gehry in Bilbao, Spain, in 1997, with about 30 thousand cubic meters of concrete, mixed with III-2/35 SR-MR cement, produced by Cementos Rezola of Arrigoriaga (Spanish subsidiary of Italcementi Group).
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Design by architect Dominique Perrault the French National Library is considered the first example of minimalist modern architecture on a large scale. Noteworthy is the use of materials: concrete structures and technological systems are left exposed to liven up the squared forms that characterize the whole building.
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The Pirelli Tower, designed by architect Gio Ponti in 1950 and inaugurated in 1960, with its 127-meter height and 31 floors, is one of the tallest reinforced concrete buildings in the world, featuring essential lines and an imposing yet light design.