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style. But here, in 1930, Asplund's style takes a dramatic turn into stripped-down functionalism. Especially conspicuous was the
Paradise Cafe and the Entry Pavilion, with its exposed steel frame, airy expanses of glass, and dramatic lighting at night. Above the fair, a towering advertising mast
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These housing districts were directly influenced by the 1930 fair, were designed by the same architects, and were built around cooperative Social
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in Stuttgart, to organize a similar event for Stockholm.
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1264:London 1910
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918:Vienna 1974
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456:expositions
235:Alva Myrdal
212:Södra Ängby
204:Södra Ängby
170:Alvar Aalto
152:Nils Ahrbom
1693:DjurgĂĄrden
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1592:Quito 1909
1455:Bronx 1918
1415:Omaha 1898
1344:Porto 1934
1339:Paris 1931
1304:Malmö 1914
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164:Acceptera!
92:Acceptera!
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1708:Modernism
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1284:Lyon 1914
1229:Cork 1902
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