ABSTRACT
An influence of industrial buildings on 20th century architecture was described. Even Le Corbusier, “the father” of functionalist architecture, used examples of industrial architecture, e.g. wellknown boat shed in Sheerness, England, 1860 – cast-iron frame with glass and timber board façade (Fig. 1) – or Lingotto car factory in Torino, 1926. Generally, new building qualities, for instance universality, variability, machinery elements, were denominated, as well as safety and health requirements were formulated. However, industrial architecture dealt with these qualities since more than 100 years, and so many industrial buildings fulfilled the requirements.
