Modern architecture

Main building and Olympic pool Built immediately before the "Marzari" stadium (now "Braglia"), the "Dogali" municipal swimming pool was designed by the Municipality's Technical Office and the Bolognese engineer Arturo Manaresi, who was later also involved in the design of the stadium by his colleague Umberto Costanzini. The main body consists of two volumes: the first, lower and longer, and Piscina Dogali, an epoch-making photo-gallery with simple ribbon windows on both floors, houses the changing...

Viale Gaetano storchi 2 (now wide Marco Biagi 10) Located in an area undergoing profound transformation following the definitive landing of the Citadel ramparts, the GRF "XXVI settembre", built between...

Piazza Grande, via Luigi Albinelli, via Francesco Selmi Almost thirty years after the competition proposed for the site of Piazza Matteotti, in 1960 the Cassa di Risparmio launched another tender for the design of its headquarters, after moving from the premises of the Town Hall. The project is part of the 1958 Plan which aims, for the historical centre, at the decongestion of vehicle traffic through the decentralisation of some managerial and administrative functions outside. The site of the lot...

The market in Via Albinelli was inaugurated on October 28, 1931, the retail trade thus abandoned Piazza Grande where it had been held for centuries, the sellers who settled there, already regular visitors to Piazza Grande, became stable traders, definitively distinguishing themselves from the category of peddlers. The project of the covered market aimed at decongesting the city center, cluttered with stalls almost every day of the week, to protect, protect from the weather and regularize the regular...

With its mild climate and proximity to Italy, Carinthia has a tradition in architecture of Mediterranean influence. Villas and houses with a seaside appeal convey the charm of a classic summer holiday. Today, we go even further, as in the case of the Steinhaus (stone house) by Günter Domenig, on the shores of Lake Ossiach: a famous example of post-modern deconstructivist architecture. Lower Austria has a wide range of architectural surprises in store. A walk through the old town of Krems opens a window into the Middle Ages, while the Kunsthalle takes visitors back to the present...