Berlin & Dessau — Gropius, the Bauhaus and German Modernism
The Bauhaus lasted fourteen years and was closed by the Nazis. In that time it produced a curriculum, a set of formal principles and a generation of…
Chicago — Frank Lloyd Wright and the Birth of Modern Architecture
Chicago did not merely host the modern movement — it generated it. From Louis Sullivan’s skyscraper ornament to Frank Lloyd Wright’s Prairie Houses and Mies…
Nancy — The École de Nancy and French Art Nouveau – Virtual Tour 360°
Nancy in the 1890s was a city of glass and wood — literally. Émile Gallé’s cameo glass, Louis Majorelle’s sinuous furniture, and the Daum brothers’ lampwork…
Glasgow — Mackintosh and the Arts & Crafts Movement
While Vienna had its Secession and Brussels its Art Nouveau, Glasgow produced something entirely its own: the Glasgow Style — a synthesis of Arts and Crafts…
Paris — Belle Époque, Art Nouveau & Modernism – Virtual Tour 360°
Paris in the two decades around 1900 was the world’s cultural capital: Guimard bent iron into flowering metro entrances, Toulouse-Lautrec documented…
Vienna — Capital of the Vienna Secession – Virtual Tour 360°
In 1897 Gustav Klimt and eighteen colleagues broke with the academy and founded the Vienna Secession; a year later Olbrich crowned their white exhibition hall with a golden dome…
Fortezza da Basso — Firenze
A 16th-century Medici fortress standing between Florence’s historic centre and Santa Maria Novella station, exemplifying Renaissance military…
Real Collegio di Lucca — Historic Convention Center
The Real Collegio di Lucca is a magnificent historic complex situated within Lucca’s celebrated Renaissance walls. Originally founded as a monastery in the…
Fiere di Parma — Exhibition Center
Fiere di Parma is a major exhibition and trade fair center on the western outskirts of Parma, directly accessible from the A1 Milan–Bologna motorway.
BolognaFiere — International Exhibition Center
BolognaFiere is one of Italy’s most important international exhibition centers, located at Viale della Fiera 20 on Bologna’s ring road. The complex is easily…