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As the urban environment became more complex, the physical
appearance of the city changed, especially the relationship between building and street. The urban wall increasingly became a focus for display,
thanks to the introduction of plate glass. In order to regularize and unify the street space, street furniture such as lanterns, benches,
and public toilets, were standardized. New metropolitan railway systems necessitated the construction of bridges, viaducts, tunnels, and railway
stations. The increasingly mechanized distribution of water, power, sewage, and traffic provided opportunities for architects to experiment with
completely new building types such as water towers, gas stations, and electrical plants, or to rethink the form of older types, such as bridges.
István Medgyaszay, Project for a Department Store, 1902
Perspective
India ink and watercolor on paper,
55.5 x 33 cm (21 7/8 x 13 in.)
Medgyaszay collection, Budapest
© Gábor Barka
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