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Great Mosque of Djenne
Patron: Sultan Kunburu
Size: 5,625 m²
Date: 1180 – 1330, rebuilt 1907
Use: Mosque
Location: Djenne, Mali
Population: 32,944The world’s largest adobe structure has been maintained for centuries by local communities who participate in an annual restoration festival during which local organic materials are reapplied to the building’s surfaces.
(Photo: WikiCommons © Gilles Mairet)
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Facade mapping display on the Aalto building to celebrate the 75th anniversary of Wolfsburg, June 2013. (Video courtesy of intolight and ruestungsschmie.de)
Alvar Aalto Kulturhaus
Architect: Alvar Aalto
Size: 1200 m²
Date: 1962
Use: Cultural centre
Location: Wolfsburg, Germany
Population: 120,889Wolfsburg was originally founded in 1938 to house 1,000 workers for Volkswagen Beetle production. The town grew, but is dwarfed to this day by the huge VW production buildings, brand pavilions and cultural constructions such as Zaha Hadid’s Phaeno Science Centre.
(Photo: Wikimedia Commons)
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Kastello Mansions
Architect: Self-built
Size: 1000 m²
Date: Mid 1990s - ongoing
Use: Private residences
Location: Iasi, Romania
Population: 290,422“Kastellos” (castles) is the name given to the bombastic mansion style of wealthy Roma citizens in Romania. Characterised by layered roofs and sculptural metalwork, they are designed to reflect the financial and social clout of the owners.
(Photo: Carlo Gianferro)
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Vitra Campus
Architects: Herzog & de Meuron, SANAA, Zaha Hadid, Frank Gehry, et al.
Size: 240,000 m²
date: 1953 – 2013
Use: Corporate campus
Location: Weil am Rhein, Germany
Population: 30,011An ongoing project built over half a century by a German furniture manufacturer to house their factory, museum and showrooms, this campus concentrates a remarkable collection of starchitecture in a small town on the Swiss border.
(Photo: Julien Lanoo © Vitra, vitra.com)
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