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								    								  The Getty Center, 1200 Getty Center Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90049-1679 
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| ARCHITECTURE  |  | Museums and buildings for exhibitions Art museums |  |   
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        | BIBILIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES |  |  |  |  |  |   
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                                    | Fulvio Irace, Dimenticare Vitruvio. Temi, figure e paesaggi dell'architettura contemporanea, IlSole 24 Ore, Milano 2001, pp. 27-31 [da Il Sole 24 Ore, 16 febbraio 1997], 32-34 [da Il Sole 24 Ore, 7 dicembre 1997] |  
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                                    | Domus 824, marzo/march 2000, notizie VIII |  
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                                    | Casabella 673/674, dicembre 1999-gennaio 2000/december 1999-january 2000 [USA, architettura come spettacolo], p. 5 |  
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                                    | Domus 808, ottobre/october 1998 [Visto da lontano/Seen from a distance], "Schede edilizia/Building file" III |  
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                                    | Casabella 656, maggio/may 1998 [Produce of Italy], attualità |  
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                                    | Domus 799, dicembre/december 1997 [In un altro modo/In a different way], p. 38-49 |  
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                                    | "Il Getty Center a Los Angeles/The Getty Center in Los Angeles", L'Arca 58, marzo/march 1992, pp. 4-11 |  |  
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                                    | Olin Partnership, Emmet L. Wemple & Associates |  |   
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                                    | Richard Meier & Partners Architects |  |  
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                                    | Richard Meier, Michael Palladino, Donald E. Barker |  |  
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                                    | B & E Engineers, RBA Partners, Inc. |  |  
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                                    | Woodward-Clyde Consultants |  |  
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                                    | Pacific Soils Engineering, Inc. |  |  
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                                    | Fisher Marantz, Renfro Stone, Inc. |  |   
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