Cooling Towers

"A partial catalogue of the typological subjects of Bernhard and Hilla Becher includes: structures with the same function (all water towers); structures with the same function but different shapes (spherical, cylindrical, and conical water towers); structures with the same function and shape but built with different materials (steel, cement, wood, brick, or some combination such as wood and steel); structures with the same function, shape and materials; comparative frontal and perspective views of ore and coal preparation plants; comparative frontal and perspective views of pithead towers, high tension electric pylons, blast furnaces, and factory buildings" - ("Carl Andre Works from the Crex Collection, Zurich", Zurich, 1978, p.18).