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History of Industrial Architecture

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The history of industrial architecture examines the design, development, and evolution of buildings and structures specifically created for industrial purposes, including factories, warehouses, and manufacturing facilities. This field explores architectural styles, technological advancements, and socio-economic impacts from the Industrial Revolution to contemporary practices.
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The history of industrial architecture examines the design, development, and evolution of buildings and structures specifically created for industrial purposes, including factories, warehouses, and manufacturing facilities. This field explores architectural styles, technological advancements, and socio-economic impacts from the Industrial Revolution to contemporary practices.

Key research themes

1. How has the Industrial Revolution driven the transformation of architectural styles and construction technologies in industrial architecture?

This theme examines the profound impact of the Industrial Revolution—from the late 18th century onwards—on the development of industrial architecture. It focuses on how new materials, construction methods, and mechanization shifted architectural design from historicist styles to forms emphasizing functionality, standardization, and technological innovation. The research explores socioeconomic forces like urbanization, labor changes, and material availability that facilitated this transformation, underlining the Industrial Revolution's pivotal role in the birth of modern architecture and specific industrial typologies.

Key finding: This paper establishes that the Industrial Revolution catalyzed a radical redevelopment of architectural form, driven by mechanization and new manufacturing needs such as textile production. It identifies that factory... Read more
Key finding: This research links the Industrial Revolution’s technological advancements, including steam engines, railways, and metal processing, to the genesis of modern architectural movements. It highlights mechanization's role in... Read more
Key finding: Focused on late 19th to early 20th-century Hungarian factories, this paper finds that industrial architecture’s evolution was shaped by sector-specific production requirements. Machinery factories favored flexible,... Read more
Key finding: The paper illustrates early 20th-century industrial architecture's embrace of International Style, particularly functionalism, as seen in the steam power plant interior design in Žilina, Slovakia. It shows how industrial... Read more

2. What methodologies and considerations are critical for the conservation and adaptive reuse of historical industrial architectural heritage?

This research theme addresses the challenges and methodologies involved in preserving, authenticating, and adaptively reusing industrial architectural heritage. It encompasses strategies for accurate documentation, maintaining historical authenticity, and balancing intervention with conservation principles. The theme reflects on cultural context, technological integration, and sustainability concerns, illuminating approaches to revitalize industrial sites—ranging from factory complexes to power plants—while respecting their historical and architectural significance.

Key finding: Through a multi-faceted intervention in the Large Machine Factory, this study presents a methodology emphasizing minimal intervention, comprehensive documentation, and structural reinforcement to preserve authenticity. It... Read more
Key finding: By cataloguing and analyzing 127 historical iron and steel plants in Slovakia, the research identifies typological and architectural characteristics essential for heritage preservation and urban reintegration. The study... Read more
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Key finding: This investigation reveals that colour plays a crucial yet understudied role in the architectural expression of historical ironworks in Slovakia. It offers the first systematic typological classification of colour usage tied... Read more
Key finding: This essay investigates the adaptive reuse potential of Johannesburg’s Gas Works, arguing for its transformation from a disused industrial facility to a publicly inclusive cultural and educational urban asset. It provides a... Read more

3. How has architectural education and professional practice shaped national industrial architecture developments in the early 20th century Europe?

This theme explores the influence of architectural education institutions and professional networks on shaping the style, urban planning, and identity of industrial architecture in European contexts, with case studies from Estonia, Hungary, and Slovakia. It examines how architect-educators and professional associations contributed to stylistic transitions, adoption of international architectural movements, and the embedding of industrial buildings into broader urban and socio-political frameworks.

Key finding: The paper demonstrates how graduates of the Riga Polytechnic Institute like Habermann and Johanson were seminal in defining Estonian architecture in the interwar period, including industrial and urban planning projects. Their... Read more
Key finding: Focusing on Budapest’s historical factories, the paper ties architectural form to industrial sector needs, demonstrating professional responses within Hungarian engineering and architectural circles to technical production... Read more
Key finding: This study illustrates how architects and entrepreneurs in Žilina, Slovakia, engaged with international movements such as the International Style and functionalism, merging stylistic trends with industrial functionality. The... Read more

All papers in History of Industrial Architecture

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Hrvatska akademija znanosti i umjetnosti 1 Odsjek za povijest medicinskih znanosti Zavoda za povijest i fi lozofi ju znanosti 2 Arhiv za likovne umjetnosti Kabineta za arhitekturu i urbanizam 10000 Zagreb, Gundulićeva 24/III. Sažetak Ovim... more
U godini izrade ove Spomenice Dragutinu Stražimiru sretno su se ''poklopile'' dvije obljetnice – 195. godišnjica od njegova rođenja, te 125. godišnjica od njegove smrti. Spomenica je prilika da se o tom velikom i značajnom čovjeku na... more
Hrvatska akademija znanosti i umjetnosti 10000 Zagreb, Gundulićeva 24 SAŽETAK U radu su iznijeti rezultati istraživanja historijata prve ljekarne zagrebačkog predgrađa Kustošije koja je u promet puštena 1925. godine. Njezina je sudbina... more
U radu je prikazan razvoj i poslovanje kemijsko-farmaceutske tvornice Rave d.d. osnovane 1922. u Zagrebu. Na temelju arhivske i građevinske dokumentacije, stručnih i dnevnih glasila te promotivnog materijala rekonstruiran je smještaj... more
I keep books in the pharmacy. In the afternoon the "abschub"of the wounded in one "krankenzug" -A war diary from WW1, by pharmacist Vojko Arko
The urgency of recording and preserving the physical evidence of Slovakia's disappearing industrial heritage is prompted by the recent dramatic demolitions of many production buildings and even whole industrial sites. Accompanying... more
U èlanku je na popularan naèin i uz mnoštvo dokumentacijskog materijala prikazan Þivotni put Vladimira Preloga, poèevši od roðenja u Sarajevu, preko školovanja u Zagrebu i Osijeku, do studija u Pragu. Ukratko je opisano... more
Sveu ilište u Zagrebu, Farmaceutsko-biokemijski fakultet (FBF), A. Kova i a 1, Zagreb, Hrvatska 1 Centar za primijenjenu farmaciju, 2 Zavod za farmakologiju, 3 Zavod za farmaceutsku tehnologiju, 4 Zavod za farmakognoziju 5 Zavod za... more
El proyecto Memorias Marginales y Periféricas nace de una iniciativa por reconocer la historia no visible y poco apreciada en el sector de Los Mártires (Bogotá, Colombia). La valoración de la cultura material contemporánea que actualmente... more
SAŽETAK U radu su iznijeti rezultati istraživanja historijata prve ljekarne zagrebačkog predgrađa Kustošije koja je u promet puštena 1925. godine. Njezina je sudbina bila slična sudbini ostalih ljekarna na području Hrvatske: otvaranje... more
Sveu ilište u Zagrebu, Farmaceutsko-biokemijski fakultet (FBF), A. Kova i a 1, Zagreb, Hrvatska 1 Centar za primijenjenu farmaciju, 2 Zavod za farmakologiju, 3 Zavod za farmaceutsku tehnologiju, 4 Zavod za farmakognoziju 5 Zavod za... more
The article deals with one of the examples of good interior design in Slovak functionalist architecture uncovered during recent restorational research (2016). It points out that even provincial, small but growing town, which Žilina in the... more
Between the two World Wars, the pharmaceutical industry strengthened its influence within the Croatian medical community. Due to the scarcity of professional biomedical journals in the Croatian language, larger pharmaceutical companies... more
Sustainability of architecture depends on its value. Defining criteria and factors of architecture values and its detail in aesthetical, construction and practical level is a basic premise for setting regulators of keeping architecture.... more
Sveu ilište u Zagrebu, Farmaceutsko-biokemijski fakultet (FBF), A. Kova i a 1, Zagreb, Hrvatska 1 Centar za primijenjenu farmaciju, 2 Zavod za farmakologiju, 3 Zavod za farmaceutsku tehnologiju, 4 Zavod za farmakognoziju 5 Zavod za... more
Stampar's public-health interventions and social medical ideas resulted not only in enormous shifts on the regional level but were spread and accepted on the global level as well. Within the process of globalisation small countries... more
U radu je prikazan razvoj i poslovanje kemijsko-farmaceutske tvornice Rave d.d. osnovane 1922. u Zagrebu. Na temelju arhivske i građevinske dokumentacije, stručnih i dnevnih glasila te promotivnog materijala rekonstruiran je smještaj... more
Počeci farmaceutske industrije u Hrvatskoj vezani su uz ljekarničke obitelji Thierry i Feller. Adolf Thierry, podrijetlom Francuz, dolazi u Hrvatsku i 1893. godine u Pregradi, Hrvatsko Zagorje, otvara ljekarnu „K Angjelu čuvaru“ gdje... more
The subject of this paper is an analysis of the pharmaceutical market, a market that has one of the leading roles in the world and which has also resisted the great world crisis. The focus of the work was on the pharmaceutical market of... more
The article deals with one of the examples of good interior design in Slovak functionalist architecture uncovered during recent restorational research (2016). It points out that even provincial, small but growing town, which Žilina in the... more
Sažetak Prema arhivskoj dokumentaciji i sekundarnim izvorima, gornjogradsku ljekarnu ubrajamo u najstariju ljekarnu grada Zagreba. Njezini se početci dovode u svezu s dokumentom, u kojem se prvi put spominje ljekarnička profesija, u... more
The paper presents the development and business of the chemical-pharmaceutical factory Rave PLC, founded in Zagreb in 1922. Based on archival and building documentation, professional and daily newspapers, and promotional material, the... more
The legacy of the Croatian neurologist Sergije Dogan is preserved in two institutions of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts, the Croatian Museum of Medicine and Pharmacy and the Division for the History of Medical Sciences. Dogan’s... more
In Slovakia, several ironwork regions were preserve d up to these days. Dominant technical structures p r erved in these areas are ironworks furnaces of different ages and different shapes. The paper presents the history of an iron b last... more
The territory of Slovakia is rich in places with an ironworks history, which formed important urban and economic centers in the past. The valuable urban-architectural settlements emerged due to favorable geographical conditions,... more
research was undertaken in order to examine the ways colour has been coordinated in urban design in Poland and slovakia-especially reasons and conditions under which colour planning started and thereafter operated. The methodology... more
The article deals with one of the examples of good interior design in Slovak functionalist architecture uncovered during recent restorational research (2016). It points out that even provincial, small but growing town, which Žilina in the... more
You Heat pipe is a high efficiency heat transfer element, depends on the evaporation, condensation and circulation of inside working fluid. The working fluid of a high temperature pulsating heat pipe is generally alkali metals, and sodium... more
Brojna su istraživanja koja analiziraju spajanja i preuzimanja, no većina ih se ne fokusira na neku određenu industriju, već uzorak obuhvaća poduzeća iz različitih industrija. Ovaj se rad fokusira na spajanja i preuzimanja u farmaceutskoj... more
U radu je prikazan razvoj i poslovanje kemijsko-farmaceutske tvornice Rave d.d. osnovane 1922. u Zagrebu. Na temelju arhivske i građevinske dokumentacije, stručnih i dnevnih glasila te promotivnog materijala rekonstruiran je smještaj... more
Discussed in this article is the role of research in architecture, which is a discipline and field of knowledge. It highlights the optimal career development for researchers, describes the basic assumptions for conducting research and... more
The Kőbánya district of Budapest is situated on the eastern margins of the Hungarian capital city. Beneath Kőbánya there is an extensive limestone layer, in which tunnels and passages have been made, some of which appear to date from the... more
First published as: Opper, A. 2015. About Time, (Or: Typological Transfers and the Case of Johannesburg’s Gas Works as an Evolution from Exploitative Industrial Machine, to No-man’s Land, to a Singular Chance to Realise an Inclusive Urban... more
Bei den historischen Großbrauereien in Budapest-Kőbánya ist man mit einer Vielzahl von Faktoren konfrontiert, die auf den verschiedenen Ebenen der Planungs-und Bauphase Einfluss auf das innere Baugefüge und das äußere Erscheinungsbild... more
The designs of mechanical engineering factories and large breweries in Budapest reveal the fundamental influence of an early functionalism on the development of historical factory buildings in the period under investigation – 1870–1916.... more
The article deals with one of the examples of good interior design in Slovak functionalist architecture uncovered during recent restorational research (2016). It points out that even provincial, small but growing town, which Žilina in the... more
Adequate natural conditions, including good raw materials and energy base, are prerequisites for a development of industrial production. The industrial production in these areas causes a creation of a settlement dependent on industrial... more
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The aim of the paper is to present the phenomenon of colouring in architecture of production facilities since the mid-19th century to the twenties of the 20th century, on the example of iron industry objects in central Slovakia. The... more
The urgency of recording and preserving the physical evidence of Slovakia's disappearing industrial heritage is prompted by the recent dramatic demolitions of many production buildings and even whole industrial sites. Accompanying... more
The development of hydro-electric energy during the whole of the 20th century often transformed alpine valleys into areas specialised in the generation and distribution of energy. These «electric landscapes» were sometimes layered upon... more
U ovom radu rekonstruiran je kontinuitet djelovanja Kolodvorske ljekarne oslanjanjem na izvorne dokumente i rukopise pohranjene najvećim dijelom u pismohrani Odsjeka za povijest medicinskih znanosti HAZU. Iznesen je slijed vlasnikâ/... more
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