Vivre et travailler ... Parcours thématique européen de l’habitat et de l’architecture

Avec l’industrialisation, des possibilités nouvelles et inattendues s’offraient aux architectes et aux ingénieurs, notamment grâce à l’amélioration constante de matériaux comme le fer et le béton. Parce que les milliers d’ouvriers qui affluaient dans les régions industrielles en plein boom n’avaient pas de logements dignes de ce nom, l’industrialisation révolutionna également la construction des appartements.
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D	Alfeld (Leine) \| Fagus Factory
	Hannoversche Strasse 58 \| 31061 Alfeld (Leine) \| Germany
	Alfeld is a small town that once belonged to the Hanseatic League, on the River Leine, 60 km south of Hanover. It has many ancient timber-framed houses, but its most celebrated building is the Fagus s... plus >>

NL	Amsterdam-Westerpark \| Usine Westergas
	Haarlemmerweg 8-10 \| 1014 BE Amsterdam-Westerpark \| Netherlands
	The Westergasfabriek is a former gasfactory in the center of Amsterdam. The complex is most popular by trendy young public. Regular (music)events are held there because of it´s central location. B... plus >>

F	Arc-et-Senans \| La Saline royale d’Arc-et-Senans
	Saline royale \| F 25610 Arc-et-Senans \| France
	The saltworks at Arc-et-Senans is one of the most spectacular industrial monuments in Europe. It was built between 1775 and 1779 on the fringe of the forest of Chaux, since supplies of wood for fuel w... plus >>

GB	Bedford, Bedfordshire \| Briqueterie et colonie Stewartby
	Stewartby \| MK43 Bedford, Bedfordshire \| Great Britain
	The Bedfordshire landscape is still dominated by the huge chimneys of the Stewartby brickworks. The iconic 90 m high brick structures were designed to carry away the waste gases particularly sulphur o... plus >>

D	Bendorf-Sayn \| Sayner Hütte iron works
	In der Sayner Hütte \| 56170 Bendorf-Sayn \| Germany
	The casting hall in the Gothic style at the Bendorf ironworks, Sayn, 10 km north of Koblenz, is one of the most monumental industrial buildings in Europe. A blast furnaces was built at Bendorf in 1769... plus >>

D	Berlin \| AEG turbine factory
	Huttenstraße 12-19 \| 10553 Berlin \| Germany
	Architecture of high quality characterised the industrial history of Germany in the twentieth century and the acknowledged symbol of that quality is the Turbinenfabrik (turbine factory) in Huttenstras... plus >>

GB	Birmingham \| Birmingham Back to Backs
	55-63 Hurst Street \| B5 4TE Birmingham \| Great Britain
	No one can grasp a proper understanding of the industrial heritage of the West Midlands without a visit to the Back to Backs in Birmingham. Here you can see the home workshops which generated the mome... plus >>

GB	Birmingham \| Bournville Village & The Bournville Experience
	Linden RoadBournville \| B30 2LU Birmingham \| Great Britain
	George Cadbury was quite a man. He left us two fantastic legacies. No prizes for guessing the first one, but do you know the other? A clue is that to appreciate it fully you need to visit the Birmingh... plus >>

D	Bochum \| L’hall des siècles
	An der Jahrhunderhalle 1 \| 44793 Bochum \| Germany
	This impressive hall was built as an exhibition hall by the Bochumer Verein ironworks for the 1902 world exhibition in Düsseldorf, after which it was used as a gas-blower and dynamo station in the ca... plus >>

GB	Bradford \| Saltaire Village
	City Hall \| BD1 1HY Bradford \| Great Britain
	David Hockney a peint Salts Mill dans des tons ocres et chauds. Aujourd’hui, tous deux sont mondialement connus : le peintre Hockney de la ville industrielle du nord de l’Angleterre et l’ancienn... plus >>

GB	Bromborough \| Bromborough Pool Village
	Manor Pl \| CH62 Bromborough \| Great Britain
	Bromborough Pool Village is one of the most interesting of the communities established by entrepreneurs for their workers, although it is less well-known than Port Sunlight, which lies only 2 km to th... plus >>

B	Brussels \| Tour et Taxis
	Avenue de Port 86c \| 1000 Brussels \| Belgium
	The early 20th century inter-modal transport hub on the north side of Brussels takes its name from the family of Frans de Tassis who became Master of the Post in the Holy Roman Empire in 1501, and who... plus >>

I	Caserta \| Belvedere di San Leucio
	81100 Caserta \| Italy
	The Casino Reale de Belvedere, the former summer palace and hunting lodge of the Bourbon kings of Naples, built by King Ferdinand I in 1774 from plans by Luigi Vanvitelli, stands 3 km north-east of Ca... plus >>

DK	Copenhagen \| Workers’ Museum
	Romersgade 22 \| 1362 Copenhagen \| Denmark
	The workers’ museum is located in the assembly house of the strong trades union movement in Copenhagen that was built in 1878-79, and remained for many decades the focus of the Danish labour movemen... plus >>

D	Cottbus \| Musée de l’art centrale électrique Cottbus
	Uferstraße / Am Amtsteich 15 \| 03046 Cottbus \| Germany
	The high, orangey-red rows of windows hit you straight between the eyes. They stand like reflective columns in the towering clinker façades which range in shade from vitreous burgundy and deep browni... plus >>