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"And likewise, he made the model for the house and loggia of the Innocenti, the vaulting for which was completed without scaffolding, a method still universally used today." I-160
Ospedale degli Innocenti, Florence
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Cloister of the men, Ospedale degli Innocenti
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Cloister of the women, Ospedale degli Innocenti
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"For Cosimo de'Medici Filippo made the model of the abbey of the Canons-regular of Fiesole, which is a richly decorated piece of architecture, pleasing, commodious and altogether magnificent." I-160 As the reconstruction of the Badia in Fiesole was not begun until 1456, ten years after Brunelleschi's death, Vasari's attribution is contested. Loggia, Badia, Fiesole
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"The church, with its barrel vaulting, is very spacious, and the sacristy, like all the rest of the monastery, is very conveniently laid out." I-161
Church interior, Badia, Fiesole
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"But most worth considering is the way in which, as the building had to be erected on the slope of the mountain, Filippo very intelligently made use of the foundation where he put the cellars, laundries, bakehouses, stables, kitchens, fuel stores, and any number of convenient offices..." I-161
Badia, Fiesole
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"At that time work was started on the church of San Lorenzo at Florence..Cosimo [de' Medici] pushed the work on with greater enthusiasm and it was because of his solicitude that Filippo completed the sacristy and Donatello made the stuccoes and the bronze doors and the stone ornaments for the little doors." I-162 Old Sacristy, San Lorenzo
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Old Sacristy, San Lorenzo
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