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								    								  Via Pretorio 9, Corso Pestalozzi 
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| ARCHITECTURE  |  | Buildings for offices and professional practises Offices Commercial buildings Shops |  |   
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        | BIBILIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES |  |  |  |  |  |   
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                                    | Mercedes Daguerre, Birkhäuser Architectural Guide Switzerland 20th Century, Birkhäuser, Basel 1997, pp. 352-353 |  
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                                    | Architectural Record 8/86, july 1986, pp. 132-137 |  
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                                    | GA Documents 14, december 1985, pp. 100-107 |  
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                                    | Fulvio Irace, "Una fredda passione. Mario Botta", Domus 666, novembre/november 1985, pp. 1-6 (1-11) |  
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                                    | Lotus international 48-49, 1985/4-1986/1 [Doppio gioco/Double cross], pp. 78-93 (66-93) |  
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                                    | Francesco Dal Co, Mario Botta. Architetture 1960-1985, Electa, Milano 1985, pp.  38-39, 57, 78-79, 223-226 |  
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                                    | Pierluigi Nicolin, François Chaslin, Mario Botta 1978-1982, Electa, Milano 1983, pp. 88-89 |  |  
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                                    | site sq.m. 850 total floor sq.m. 4.000
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                                    | Ferruccio Robbiani, Maurizio Pelli, Mischa Groh |  |   
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