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Description : The Housing Subject was built after the Second World War strongly supported by the Stalinist Government in style of Socialist Realism.
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Description : The idea of the architect Brasini, was the creation of a Roman Island, in the center of the city, keeping it apart from the rest of the city, which was a kind of an very prominent oriental market character. This proposal consisted in developing a huge wide boulevard, with direction from north to south, giving a monumental and governmental power to the center, as a new developed part of the city, leaving out of it the old town. The Ministries Square and the Grand Boulevard, where distinctively the central core of the city, inspired by the dependence of the Italian Renaissance, and reflecting this way the wish of the time authorities to build a modern city, in the style of the well known contemporary architecture. This complex is performed by a mixture of reinforced concrete and brickwork, with the use of decorative cornices, tiny ornaments and sculptures as well, featuring a high architectural quality and a powerful drive to look imposing.
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Description : The center of Tirana was conceived as a monumental space. To achieve this goal, the old bazaar of Tirana, the City hall, the Orthodox Cathedral and old assemble of shops, hotels, bars and traditional houses where demolition and substituted by important buildings such as the Palace of Culture, Hotel Tirana, National Museum, “Scanderbeg Square”, and a group of residential buildings. The only historical objects were taken under protection were the Mosque of Ethem Bey and the Old Clock Tower as well as the Complex of Ministries (ministries square).
It includes the National Library and the National Opera and Ballet of Albania
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Description : The building was erected in the “garden city” named "Nádorváros" ("Palatine-Town") – founded in the 19th century – opposite to the main entrance of the Old Town Hospital (1895). "Nádorváros" is a representative suburb of Győr with a rectangular street system and a freestanding built in. The subject fits perfectly into the street system with their rectangular coordinates, also into the typical character of the “garden city”.
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