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About us
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When Walter Gropius dreamt up the foundations of what later would become one of the most renowned architectural styles of the first half of the twentieh century, the Bauhaus, he had just came back from a field trip to the Unites States where he was elated by America’s industrial architecture of the time. Le Corbusier had Paladio’s Villa Rotonda in mind when he designed the Villa Savoie. Mies van der Rohe was inspired by Schinkel, Jean Nouvel by Claude Parent.
We are also inspired by great architecture, but there is so much interesting stuff out there and so little we know. Being a group of architects, building aficionados and web honchos we thought it would be a good idea to bring some of this inspiration online. This is why we built Architectuul, a website about architects and architecture in wiki style. Yes, thank you! We are crazy. And that’s why we need your help.
Whether you are just worried about the wrong spelling of an architect’s name featured on the site, whether you have pictures of a cool building you would like to share or wether you have a unique project to add, your contributions will make this site a worthwhile destination.
This is Architectuul. Architects, Architecture. Building Knowledge.