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Cappella di Santa Maria degli Angeli
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MATERIALS |
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reinforced concrete, stone Concrete structure, porphyry quoin facing, roof of prefabricated terraced cement, damp-proofed and faced with porphyry slabs.
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LOCATION |
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ARCHITECTURE | Religious buildings
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THE BUILDING IN CINEMA |
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Tamaro. Pietre e angeli. Mario Botta e Enzo Cucchi [Tamaro]
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BIBILIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES |
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Fulvio Irace, Dimenticare Vitruvio. Temi, figure e paesaggi dell'architettura contemporanea, IlSole 24 Ore, Milano 2001, pp. 177-180 [da Il Sole 24 Ore, 16 ottobre 1994] |
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Giovanni Pozzi, Mario Botta. Santa Maria degli Angeli sul Monte Tamar o, Casagrande Edizioni, Bellinzona 2001 tr. ger.: Mario Botta. Heilige Maria der Engel auf dem monte Tamaro, Casagrande Edizioni, Bellinzona 2002 |
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Mercedes Daguerre, Graziella Zannone Milan, Architetture nel territorio. Architektur im Gelände, Architecture in the territory, Architectures dans le territoire. Canton Ticino 1970-2000 [CD-ROM], Tarmac sa, Mendrisio 2001 |
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EcoEnea 1 (supplemento a/supplement of L'Arca 121, dicembre/december 1997), p. 5 (3-5) |
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Enzo Cucchi (drawings), Domus 795, luglio-agosto/july-august 1997 [Durabilità/Durability], "Progetti/Projects" pp. 11-13 (11-21) Barbara Fassoni, "La cappella di S. Maria degli Angeli al Monte Tamaro, Ticino/The Chapel of St Mary of the Angels at mount Tamaro, Ticino", Domus 795, luglio-agosto/july-august 1997 [Durabilità/Durability], "Progetti/Projects" pp. 14-21 (11-21) |
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"Mario Botta. Un ponte verso la valle: Cappella di Santa Maria degli Angeli al Monte Tamaro", Casabella 640-641, dicembre 1996-gennaio 1997/december 1996-january 1997, pp. 118-123 Giovanni Pozzi, "Una litania dipinta", Casabella 640-641, dicembre 1996-gennaio 1997/december 1996-january 1997, p. 122 (118-123) |
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"Mario Botta. Cappella del Monte Tamaro, Rivera, Cantone Ticino, Svizzera / Chapel of Mount Tamaro, Rivera, Ticino Canton , Switzerland" in Vincenzo Pavan (ed.), Pietra su pietra. Premio Internazionale Architetture di Pietra / Stone on stone. International Award Architecture in Stone, Faenza Editrice, Faenza, 1995, pp. 107-127 |
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AA.VV., Mario Botta, Enzo Cucchi. La cappella del Monte Tamaro / The Chapel of Monte Tamaro, Umberto Allemandi & C., Torino 1994 |
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CLIENT |
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Egidio Cattaneo, Monte Tamaro SA |
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DIMENSIONAL DATA |
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chapel sq.m. 184 run sq.m. 150 |
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Dedication to Santa Maria degli Angeli on September 1, 1996. It is reached by means of a cableway that departs from the town of Rivera and climbs up to 1500 m on the Alpe Foppa. Motorway exit Rivera/Monte Ceneri. |
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