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Stadttheater (Aalto-Theater)
Opera Theatre (Alvar Aalto Theatre) |
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ARCHITECTURE | Buildings for recreational activities
Auditoriums and music centres
Theatres
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BIBILIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES |
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Franz Wimmer, Barbara Schelle, "Kulturelle Veranstaltungsräume - Die Typologie des Theaterbaus an Beispielen/Auditoriums for the Arts - A Typology of Theatre Buildings with Examples", Detail 3/2009 [Musik und Theater/Music and Theatre/Musique et théâtre], "Typologie" pp. 173, 177 (170-177) |
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L'Arca 37, aprile/april 1990 [Sistemi/Systems], pp. 4-11 |
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Peter Buchanan, "El ultimo Aalto: una opera para Essen/The last Aalto work: an opera house for Essen", Arquitectura Viva 10, enero-febrero/january-february 1990, pp. 11-17 |
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L'architettura. Cronache e storia 408, ottobre/october 1989, pp. 729-731 |
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Günther Kühne, "Il teatro dell'opera a Essen: il testamento di Alvar Aalto", Domus 703, marzo/march 1989, pp. 10-11 |
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"L'ultima opera costruita di Alvar Aalto. Inaugurato il Teatro dell'opera di Essen", Casabella 552, dicembre/december 1988, "Argomenti/News" pp. 30-31 |
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Dietmar N. Schmidt (ed.), Das Theater von Alvar Aalto in Essen, Baedecker, Essen 1988 |
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Thomas Deilmann, Dorit Fock, Jürgen Gutberlet, Constanze Heuser, Allan Lamont, Ralf Müller, Rainer Nohl, Claus Verhoeven, Irmgard Wittkop |
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Photos © Norbert Vennekötter Drawings © Peggy and Marco Lachmann-Anke
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