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Here we lived and worked. European Theme Route Housing & Architecture
The continuous improvement in the processing of iron and concrete during the Industrial Revolution opened up new and previously undreamt-of potentials for architects and engineers. At the same time industrialisation caused a revolution in the construction of housing as a result of the grave deficit in decent housing caused by the thousands of workers who migrated to booming factory regions. One of the first entrepreneurs to concern himself with social questions was the early British socialist, Robert Owen. At the end of the 18th century he conceived an ideal town for his workers in the utopian tradition of the Renaissance.
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Senftenberg | Marga garden city |
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Straße der Jugend 1a | 01968 Senftenberg | Germany |
| The settlement is like an open book. It tells the intricate story of the affluence and awakening of a once thriving industrial region. A gabled manor house here, an English-style country cottage there... more >> |
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Shrewsbury | Ditherington Flax Mill |
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Objektanschrift | site address:Spring Gardens | SY2 1 Shrewsbury | Great Britain |
| The 5-storey 55 m long red brick building bearing the inscriptions of a malting company that towers over the houses of the northern suburbs of Shrewsbury was the first multi-storied iron-framed buildi... more >> |
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Terni | Bosco engineering works | Centro Multimediale di Terni SpA |
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Piazzale Antonio Bosco 3/A | 05100 Terni | Italy |
| Terni is the principal industrial city of Umbria. Manufacturing companies were first attracted by the water power available from the River Nera. Woollen mills were built in the 1860s, followed by elec... more >> |
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Torino | Lingotto factory |
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via Nizza 294 | 10126 Torino | Italy |
| Turin is one of Europe’s principal centres of automobile engineering, and Fiat’s Lingotto works was its flagship factory. The founder of the Fiat company, Giovanni Agnelli (1866-1945) visited Detr... more >> |
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Tredegar | Bedwellty Park |
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Morgan Street | NP22 3 Tredegar | Great Britain |
| One of the most remarkable although one of the most logical monuments of the coal-mining industry is the display in Bedwellty Park, Tredegar, a mining community established about 1800 in the Sirhowy V... more >> |
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Ulft | DRU industrial park |
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Hutteweg 24 | 7071 BV Ulft | Netherlands |
Waar eens aan de rand van Ulft, langs de Oude IJssel, ijzeren en emaillen gebruiksvoorwerpen werden gemaakt, ontstaat nu een o... |
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Vila Rodona | Wine Cathedral |
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Avda Enric Benet, 4 | 43814 Vila Rodona | Spain |
| This is one of about 50 architecturally-distinguished buildings constructed in Catalonia in the early 20th century for agricultural co-operatives. Most had spacious interiors to allow air to circulate... more >> |
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Wien | Karl Marx Hof |
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12. Februar Platz | 1190 Wien | Austria |
| The municipality in Vienna in the period between the end of the Habsburg Empire in 1918 and the anschluss of 1938 expended much energy in the provision of housing for the city’s working class, and m... more >> |
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Wolfsburg | Autostadt |
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38446 Wolfsburg | Germany |
| The town of Wolfsburg was established in 1938 by the Third Reich, and was originally called Stadt des Kdf-Wagens (town of the KdF [Kraft durch Freude – Strength through Joy] car). It was re-named af... more >> |
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Wormer | Hulling works |
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Veerdijk 35-43 | 1531 MS Wormer | Netherlands |
| The former Hulling Works in Wormer are worth a visit for all who is interessed in industrial development at the beginning of the twentiest century. In the warehouse Batavia a grand cafe is established... more >> |
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York | Garden Village of New Earswick |
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40 Water End | YO30 6WP York | Great Britain |
| The ‘garden village’ of New Earswick on the northern side of York influenced housing patterns in England and elsewhere for more than 60 years of the 20th century. It was built for Joseph Rowntree ... more >> |
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Zlin | Museum of Shoemaking |
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Svit 1 | 760 00 Zlin | Czech Republic |
| The town of Zlin grew up in the early 20th century around the shoe factory established in 1894 by Tomás Batá (1876-1932), which exported its wares to many countries. In the 1930s Batá also manufact... more >> |
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Zschornewitz | Zschornewitz power plant and estate |
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Kraftwerkstraße 13 | 06791 Zschornewitz | Germany |
| The wall in the old control room immediately reveals that this was the hub of all activities. It contains operating panels, levers and a huge amount of measuring instruments. Visitors can even still s... more >> |
