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Massimiliano Fuksas Entrance to Grotto Niaux, Franco. 1988-93 Intended as thc public entrance to a cave contaming ancient pamt-ings and inscriptions, this struć-turę in Corten Steel with its gates like the spreading wmgs or rearmg head of a prehistorie creature is once again situated at the limit between sculpture and architec-ture. Given the context, the archi-tcct also attempted here to create an object that in itself carried a relationshipto archeology: hence the choice of pre-rusted metal.

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Unazuki Meditation Center Toyama, Japan, 1993-94 The undulating tubular presence of this observation platform bnngs it doser to sculpture than any other work by this talented Spanisharchitect. Making rotor-ence not only to contemporary art. but also, and above all to its natural setting, the platform in a sense recalls the exuberent metalwork creations of Antoni Gaudi. In any case, this example shows to what an extent contemporary architects are exploring the limits between art and the art of buildmg.

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