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Graphic Design and Architecture, A 20th Century History
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Graphic Design and Architecture, A 20th Century History

by Richard Poulin
November 2012
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
1 pages
10h 27m
English
Rockport Publishers
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THE POSTWAR WORLD 1950–2000III
POSTMODERNISM AND BEYOND 1966–19957
TURIN’S LINGOTTO
TURIN VENT PRORATE PER ILL FUTURE
DEL LINGOTTO
Turin, Italy
Gregotti Associati (est. 1974), Designers
Milan, Italy
1983
When Fiat’s Lingotto car plant opened in Turin,
Italy, in 1920, it quickly became an international
landmark for the industrial revolution and
technological progress due to its sheer size,
rationalist architectural design, and famous
rooftop test track. Over its sixty-year life, many
of Fiat’s best-known car models were designed
and manufactured at Lingotto.
In 1982, the plant ceased production, and
Fiat began to search for new uses for this enor- ...
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