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								    								  Banhofplatz 
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| ARCHITECTURE  |  | Education buildings Schools Public buildings Post offices Transport buildings and structures Railway stations Garages, car parking, etc. Other architectural structures Platforms |  |   
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        | BIBILIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES |  |  |  |  |  |   
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                                    | Mercedes Daguerre, Birkhäuser Architectural Guide Switzerland 20th Century, Birkhäuser, Basel 1997, pp. 192-193 |  
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                                    | Sergio Polano, Santiago Calatrava. Opera Completa, Electa, Milano 1996, pp. 56, 65 |  
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                                    | Quaderns d'arquitectura i urbanisme 192, enero-febrero/january-february 1992 [Transfer], pp. 80-91 |  
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                                    | Tracy Metz, "Express Track", Architectural Record 8/1991, August 1991, pp. 84-89 |  
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                                    | Aldo Nolli, "Ponti e pensiline. Progetti di Santiago Calatrava/Bridges and canopies. Projects by Santiago Calatrava", Lotus international 47, 1985/3 [Architettura nell'ingegneria/Architecture in engineering], pp. 92-123 Aldo Nolli, "Sala d'accesso alla stazione ferroviaria di Lucerna/The entrance hall of the Lucerne railway station", Lotus international 47, 1985/3 [Architettura nell'ingegneria/Architecture in engineering], pp. 107-109 (92-123)
 Aldo Nolli, "Pensilina della nuova stazione postale di Lucerna/The canopy of the new postal depot in Lucerne", Lotus international 47, 1985/3 [Architettura nell'ingegneria/Architecture in engineering], pp. 110-113 (92-123)
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                                    | SBB (Schweizerische Bundesbahnen) - PTT (Post, Telefon, Telegraph) |  |   
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                                    | Hans-Peter Ammann, Peter Baumann (railway station) Santiago Calatrava (Hall of railway station [1983-1989], cantilever roof of postal office [1983-1985])
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                                    | Max Bosshard, Marianne Burckhalter, Karim Gallati, Edi Immof (railway station) Hans Cometti, Georg Höing (professional school)
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                                    | Peter Lüthi (station hall) |  |  
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                                    | The plan for the reconstruction of the area of the railway station was called after that the old station was destroyed from a fire in 1971. |  |   
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