Luigi De Marchi
Editor & Publisher

Luigi De Marchi

Luigi De Marchi, architect, is the editor and publisher of Cultural Heritage Online. He founded the archive in 1998 as beniculturalionline.it and has published it without interruption since.

Contributions: 34 articles · 1,234 heritage places · 16 itineraries · 2 road-books

Author name: Luigi De Marchi

Luigi De Marchi, architect, is the editor and publisher of Cultural Heritage Online. He founded the archive in 1998 as beniculturalionline.it and has published it without interruption since.

Marine Building, Vancouver — Art Deco skyscraper of 1930 with terracotta marine ornament

Marine Building, Vancouver

Seahorses, ships and waves climb its terracotta skin; its lobby glows like a temple of the sea. The Marine Building opened in October 1930, a million dollars…

Palić Water Tower — Hungarian Secession gateway tower to the lakeside resort, Komor and Jakab, 1912

Palić Water Tower

Part water tower, part triumphal gate, part tram terminus: the tower that welcomes visitors to Lake Palić compresses the whole Hungarian Secession into one…

Artaria-Haus on Kohlmarkt, Vienna — Max Fabiani building of 1900-1902 with marble-clad facade and oriel windows

Artaria-Haus, Vienna

On Vienna’s most polished shopping street, Max Fabiani hung a facade of thin marble slabs over a modern frame in 1900 — Otto Wagner’s doctrine made stone…

Lucerna Palace, Prague — facade of the Havel family's palace of passages on Vodičkova street

Lucerna Palace, Prague

A city under one roof, built by the president’s grandfather: the Lucerna Palace threads cinema, ballroom, café and shops along a marble passage — with Saint…

Koruna Palace at the foot of Wenceslas Square, Prague — corner tower crowned by a stylized crown, 1914

Koruna Palace, Prague

A crown of illuminated pearls closes the bottom of Wenceslas Square: the Koruna Palace of 1914, where Prague’s Art Nouveau turned geometric and started…

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