Fiat Tagliero Building
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The Fiat Tagliero Building is a landmark Futurist-style former service station in Asmara, Eritrea, famed for its dramatic cantilevered concrete wings and iconic modernist design.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Fiat Tagliero Building canonical | 2 |
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
architectural landmark
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building ⓘ service station ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
Futurism
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Modernism ⓘ |
| builtFor | Fiat ⓘ |
| completionDate | 1938 ⓘ |
| constructionTechnique | reinforced concrete cantilever ⓘ |
| country | Eritrea ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Italian Rationalist and Futurist architecture in Asmara ⓘ |
| designedBy | Giuseppe Pettazzi ⓘ |
| era | Italian colonial period in Eritrea ⓘ |
| floorCount | 2 ⓘ |
| function | former petrol station ⓘ |
| hasPhotographicSubject | modernist architecture documentation in Asmara ⓘ |
| hasUsage |
architectural heritage site
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tourist attraction ⓘ |
| heritageProtection | protected as part of Asmara’s modernist urban ensemble ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | part of Asmara: A Modernist City of Africa UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Italian Futurist movement
ⓘ
surface form:
Italian Futurism
|
| locatedIn |
Asmara
ⓘ
surface form:
Asmara, Eritrea
|
| locatedInCity | Asmara ⓘ |
| locatedInDistrict | central Asmara ⓘ |
| material | reinforced concrete ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
central tower resembling an airplane control tower
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dramatic cantilevered concrete wings ⓘ streamlined aerodynamic form ⓘ |
| notableFor |
extreme cantilever achieved without external supports
ⓘ
symbol of Asmara’s modernist urban landscape ⓘ |
| originalFunction | service station ⓘ |
| ownerAtConstruction | Fiat ⓘ |
| planType | symmetrical with central tower and two wings ⓘ |
| region | Horn of Africa ⓘ |
| roofType | cantilevered wings without visible supporting columns ⓘ |
| significance |
icon of modernist architecture in Africa
ⓘ
landmark of Futurist architecture ⓘ |
| UNESCOInscriptionYear | 2017 ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageContext |
Asmara: A Modernist African City
ⓘ
surface form:
Asmara: A Modernist City of Africa
|
| visualResemblance | airplane with outstretched wings ⓘ |
| wingSpan | approximately 30 meters per wing ⓘ |
| yearCompleted | 1938 ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
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