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Architect and engineer (1905)

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of the last century were theunknown pioneers of modern architecture. Cantilevered construction, made possible by theuse of steel in concrete, was soon accepted for itsstructural and esthetic advantages. A classicexample is Le Corbbusiers dormitory for Swissstudents at the University of Paris, where… … his city planning theory. Fig. 2. In residentialarchitecture of this country, one thinks of theKauffman house by Frank Lloyd Wright, wherethe cantilevered balconies and platforms integratethe indoor-outdoor living spaces. A new vocabulary of forms may be developedby taking advantage of the fact…

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