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								  |  | World Trade Center [Ground Zero] 
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								    								  World Trade Center Plaza (West Street, Liberty Street, Church Street, Vesey Street) 
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| ARCHITECTURE  |  | Buildings for offices and professional practises Offices Vertical architectures Skyscrapers |  |   
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								  |  | 1970 - 1973 |  |   
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								    | Leaning Out. An Intimate Look at Twin Towers. Engineer Leslie E Robertson |  |  
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                                    | Basia Myszynski, Leonard Myszynski |  |  
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                                    | Nicolas Cage, Michael Pena, Jay Hernandez, Armando Riesco, Maria Bello, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Donna Murphy, Patti D’Arbanville |  |  
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								    | 11'09'01. September 11									  									[September 11] |  |  
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                                    | Youssef Chahine, Amos Gitai, Alejandro González Iñárritu, Shohei Imamura, Claude Lelouch, Ken Loach, Samira Makhmalbaf, Mira Nair, Idrissa Ouedraogo, Sean Penn, Danis Tanovic |  |  
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                                    | Haley Joel Osment, Frances O'Connor, Jake Thomas, Jude Law, William Hurt, Ken Leung, Clark Gregg, Kevin Sussman, April Grace, Matt Winston, Sabrina Grdevich |  |  
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                                    | Kurt Russell, Lee Van Cleef, Ernest Borgnine, Donald Pleasence, Isasc Hayes, Adrienne Barbeau, Harry Dean Stanton |  |  
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                                    | Jeff Bridges, Jessica Lange, John Randolph, Rene Auberjonois, Jack O'Halloran |  |  
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        | BIBILIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES |  |  |  |  |  |   
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                                    | Jean-Louis Cohen, "Ground Zero + 4", Il giornale dell'architettura 33, ottobre 2005, pp. 1, 2 |  
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                                    | Suzanna Stephens, Ian Luna, Ron Broadhurst, Immaginare Ground Zero. Progetti e proposte per l'area del World Trade Center, Rizzoli, 2005 |  
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                                    | Matteo Agnoletto, Groundzero.exe. Costruire il vuoto, Edizioni Kappa, Roma 2004 
 review: Stefano Oletto, "Quel vuoto da colmare", Il giornale dell'architettura 25, gennaio 2005, "Libri" p. 33 
 review: Liana Frola, "The rising", L'architettura. Cronache e storia 593, marzo/march 2005, "Selelibri/Bookdigest" p. 192
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                                    | "Le dieci torri che hanno cambiato il mondo/Ten towers that changed the world", Domus Grattacieli/Skyscrapers, supplemento a/supplement of Domus 865, dicembre/december 2003, p. 26 (22-29) |  
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                                    | Maurizio Vogliazzo, "Una risposta troppo rapida?/WTC New York", L'Arca 180, aprile/april 2003, pp. 18-29 |  
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                                    | "Sette visioni di New York/Seven proposition for New York", Domus 856, febbraio/february 2003, "Servizi/Features" pp. 32-49 Deyan Sudijc, "Affrontare Ground Zero/Facing up to Ground Zero", Domus 856, febbraio/february 2003, "Servizi/Features" pp. 34-35 (32-49)
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                                    | Peter Skinner, Mike Wallace, World Trade Center. I giganti che sfidavano il cielo, White Star, 2003 |  
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                                    | Bill Harris, Mille edifici di New York, Electa, Milano 2003, pp. 48-49, n. 65 |  
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                                    | Fulvio Irace, "Geopolitica del grattacielo/Geopolitics of the Skyscraper", Lotus international 101, giugno/june 1999 [Grattacieli/Skyscrapers], p. 6 (6-15) |  
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                                    | Judith Dupré, Skyscrapers, Black Dog & Leventhal, New York 1996, pp. 66-67 |  
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                                    | Bruno Zevi, Spazî dell'architettura moderna, Einaudi, Torino 1973, tav. 638 [XII. La terza età: itinerarî degli anni cinquanta-ottanta] |  |  
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			| ADDITIONS AND DIGRESSIONS |  |  |  |  |  |   
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                                    | Oriana Fallaci, La rabbia e l'orgoglio, Rizzoli, Milano 2001 tr. en. The Rage and The Pride, Rizzoli, 2001
 tr. fr. La rage et l'orgueil, Éditions Plon, 2002
 tr. es. La rabia y el orgullo, La Esfera de los Libros, Madrid 2002
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                                    | Worthington, Skilling, Helle and Jackson - John Skilling, Leslie Robertson |  |   
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                                    | Minoru Yamasaki & Associates |  |  
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