Modernism_Valencia

Apartment building 7
Date of construction: 1905 Architect: Manuel Cortina Pérez Main characteristics:- Medieval character.  - Facade estructured in horizontal bands with a simmetrical design of vertical holes.  - The decoration is based on the pleasant contrast among the brick, the top border, the stone, and wrought iron.



The Post Office
 Date of construction: 1915-1922 Architect: Miguel Angel Navarrese Main characteristics: -acess emphasized by a salient body. <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> - use of esculptural pieces, symbols of comunication.to <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> - use of curves forms, archs and domes.

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<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">The XAPA house
<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">Date of construction: 1906.1911 <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Architect: Antonio Martorel Trilles, Emilio Ferrer Gisber and Carlos Carbonell Panella. <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Main characteristics:- Horizontal composition determinated by the organization of the balconies. <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> - The group is finished off by a serpentine element of floral decoration that reinforces its unit and its <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> horizontality. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> - The lobbies and the stairways have different interior treatments, alternating the lining between ceramic and marble.