Ravno tip družinske hiše, vile ali počitniške vile je vsem reformatorjem in avantgardistom 20. stoletja rabil kot področje raziskovanja prostorskih, materialnih in formalnih fenomenov. S spoštovanjem se spomnimo slovečih ikon svetilnikov kulture 20. stoletja: Loosovih hiš Tzara ali Müller in najbolj prepoznavne od vseh, vile Savoie, Rietveldove hiše Schröder, Neutrovih in Schindlerjevih kalifornijskih vil, Miesovih vil Farnsworth in Tugendhat in, seveda, Falling Water ali nordijske vile Mairee vse do Kieslerjeve Endless House, ki bi jo bilo zares mogoče uresničiti šele z današnjimi sredstvi načrtovanja in tehnologije.
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A family house, villa or summer house are exactly the types that served all reformers and avant-garde practitioners of the 20th century as a field for the exploration of spatial, material and formal phenomena. We recall with respect famous icons, beacons of 20th century culture: Loos’s Tzara and Müller houses; most prominent of all, the Villa Savoye; Rietveld’s Schröder house; Neutra’s and Schindler’s Californian villas: Mies’s Farnsworth and Tugendhat villas; and, of course, Fallingwater or the Nordic Villa Mairea, and all the way to Kiesler’s Endless House which could be realized in reality only by means of the planning and technology of today.
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