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 +[[Image:Pruitt-Igoe-overview.jpg|thumb|200px|"[[Machines for living]]:" for various critics, including [[Tom Wolfe]], the '''[[Pruitt-Igoe]]''' housing project illustrated both the essential unlivability of [[Bauhaus]]-inspired [[international style (architecture)|box architecture]], and the ''[[hubris]]'' of [[central planning]].]]
[[Image:The Crystal Palace.jpg|thumb|right|200px|This structure, built for the [[Great Exhibition]] of [[1851]], symbolizes the rise of [[modern architecture]] by its use of [[glass]] and [[steel]].]] [[Image:The Crystal Palace.jpg|thumb|right|200px|This structure, built for the [[Great Exhibition]] of [[1851]], symbolizes the rise of [[modern architecture]] by its use of [[glass]] and [[steel]].]]

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"Machines for living:" for various critics, including Tom Wolfe, the Pruitt-Igoe housing project illustrated both the essential unlivability of Bauhaus-inspired box architecture, and the hubris of central planning.
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"Machines for living:" for various critics, including Tom Wolfe, the Pruitt-Igoe housing project illustrated both the essential unlivability of Bauhaus-inspired box architecture, and the hubris of central planning.
This structure, built for the Great Exhibition of 1851, symbolizes the rise of modern architecture by its use of glass and steel.
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This structure, built for the Great Exhibition of 1851, symbolizes the rise of modern architecture by its use of glass and steel.
Capriccio with the Colosseum (1743-44) - Bernardo Bellotto, a type of landscape painting that places particular works of architecture in an unusual setting.
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Capriccio with the Colosseum (1743-44) - Bernardo Bellotto, a type of landscape painting that places particular works of architecture in an unusual setting.

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Architecture is the art and science of designing buildings and structures. The art of shelter.

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