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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's House, Weimar,Germany; photocrom print published between 1890-1900.
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Members of the public view artwork by Damien Hirst entitled: The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living - in the Tate Modern art gallery on April 2, 2012 in London, England. (see notes) (1991) Tiger shark, glass, steel
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Born May 16, 1901 • Frankfurt an der Oder • Germany
Died November 25, 1980 (aged 79) • Los Angeles • California • (Anniversary in 2 days)
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Chicago Stock Exchange designed by Dankmar Adler, 1897, demolished 1972
Dankmar Adler
American architect
Prouvé, Jean: prefabricated gas station
Jean Prouvé
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Henry Mather Greene
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Charles Sumner Greene
American architect
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John Wellborn Root
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McKim, Charles Follen
Charles Follen McKim
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Stanford White
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Wallace Harrison, 1966
Wallace K. Harrison
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McIntire, Samuel: Derby Summer House
Samuel McIntire
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Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
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John A. Roebling
John Augustus Roebling
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Helmut Jahn: Joe and Rika Mansueto Library
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Albert Kahn
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French architect
Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel
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Impington Village College
Maxwell Fry
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British architect, designer, and artist

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