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								  |  | Stadttheater (Aalto-Theater) 
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| ARCHITECTURE  |  | Buildings for recreational activities Auditoriums and music centres Theatres |  |   
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								  |  | 1983 - 1988 |  |   
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        | BIBILIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES |  |  |  |  |  |   
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                                    | Franz Wimmer, Barbara Schelle, "Kulturelle Veranstaltungsräume - Die Typologie des Theaterbaus an Beispielen/Auditoriums for the Arts - A Typology of Theatre Buildings with Examples", Detail 3/2009 [Musik und Theater/Music and Theatre/Musique et théâtre], "Typologie" pp. 173, 177 (170-177) |  
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                                    | L'Arca 37, aprile/april 1990 [Sistemi/Systems], pp. 4-11 |  
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                                    | Peter Buchanan, "El ultimo Aalto: una opera para Essen/The last Aalto work: an opera house for Essen", Arquitectura Viva 10, enero-febrero/january-february 1990, pp. 11-17 |  
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                                    | L'architettura. Cronache e storia 408, ottobre/october 1989, pp. 729-731 |  
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                                    | Günther Kühne, "Il teatro dell'opera a Essen: il testamento di Alvar Aalto", Domus 703, marzo/march 1989, pp. 10-11 |  
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                                    | "L'ultima opera costruita di Alvar Aalto. Inaugurato il Teatro dell'opera di Essen", Casabella 552, dicembre/december 1988, "Argomenti/News" pp. 30-31 |  
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                                    | Dietmar N. Schmidt (ed.), Das Theater von Alvar Aalto in Essen, Baedecker, Essen 1988 |  |  
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                                    | Gemeinnützige Theaterbaugesellschaft Essen |  |   
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                                    | Thomas Deilmann, Dorit Fock, Jürgen Gutberlet, Constanze Heuser, Allan Lamont, Ralf Müller, Rainer Nohl, Claus Verhoeven, Irmgard Wittkop |  |  
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                                    | Photos © Norbert Vennekötter Drawings © Peggy and Marco Lachmann-Anke
 
 
 
 
 
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