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Villa Favorita, Lugano

RIBA Ref No RIBA132681
Artist/PhotographerCharles, Martin (1940-2012)
CountrySwitzerland
CityLugano
Subject Date1687
Image Date1988
ViewExterior
StylePalladian | Renaissance
MediumNegative
Library ReferenceMC C 190188
OrientationPortrait
Colour InfoBlack and white
CreditMartin Charles / RIBA Collections
SubjectDomestic architecture ; Villas ; Art galleries ; Museums
NOTES: The villa was bought by Baron Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza in 1932 to house his growing art collection. A wing was added in 1948 and in 1988 James Stirling and Michael Wilford won a competition to build an extension to the villa, but this was not carried out.
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