dailyoverview: The urban plan of the L’Eixample district in Valencia, Spain, is characterized by long straight streets, a strict grid pattern crossed by wide avenues, and apartments with communal courtyards. A similar layout was used for the district of the same name in Barcelona. See more here: https://bit.ly/3BNJwkY 39.464722Β°, -0.370000Β° Source imagery: Maxar

stannisbaratheon: β€˜Fritz Lang’s production designersβ€”Erich Kettelhut, Otto Hunte and Kurt Vollbrechtβ€”shaped the fictional city of Metropolis by re-imagining contemporary Manhattan. [T]hey spliced the city with buildings inspired by avant-garde European architectsβ€”among them, Cubist architects from the Bauhaus School; expressionists, like Erich Mendelsohn; Le Corbusier, with his vision of high-rise cities; and … the Italian FuturistContinue reading

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