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The oldest piece of urban design there is: an empty space that the buildings around it have to answer to.
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Mariatorget
1897 · Stockholm
Alamo Square
1857 · Victorian
Patan Durbar Square
1619 · Vernacular
Naqsh-e Jahan Square
1629 · Islamic
Henry Dunkers plats
1991 · Helsingborg
Stortorget (Kalmar)
1651 · Kalmar
Piazza del Campidoglio
1564 · Mannerism
Praça dos Três Poderes
1960 · Brazilian Modernism
Norra Bantorget
1893 · Stockholm
Place Dauphine
1607 · Renaissance
Rymdtorget
1970 · Miljonprogrammet
Los Angeles Plaza
1825 · Los Angeles
Campo de' Fiori
1456 · Rome
Piazza di Spagna
1725 · Baroque
Andrássy Avenue
1876 · Neo-Renaissance
Piazza Navona
86 · Baroque
Hősök tere
1896 · Historicism
Merrion Square
1762 · Neoclassical
Stortorget, Helsingborg
1709 · Baroque
Schouwburgplein
1969 · Contemporary
ANZAC Square
1930 · Neoclassical
Freedom Square
1980 · Modernism
Götaplatsen
1923 · Neoclassical
Place Graslin
1790 · Neoclassical
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- Built this century 1,192
- Older than the maps 1,108
- Housing 805
- Museums and galleries 792
- Public art 775
- Stone and mortar 762
- World Heritage 489
- Castles and palaces 484
- Local traditions 430
- Legally protected 420
- Town halls 391
- Post-war ambition 368
- Schools 349
- The functionalist turn 284
- National romanticism 262
- Monuments 261
- Concrete 193
- Stations 170
- Bridges 166
- Industrial architecture 142
- Award winners 141
- Glass towers 128
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