Architecture historian Adam ?t?ch highlights ten images from his recent exhibition Elements: Unique Details of the 20th Century Architecture and Interior and explains the stories behind them.
The exhibition brought together an edited selection of nearly 3,000 photographs from ?t?ch's archive of buildings and interiors and their bespoke details.
Elements: Unique Details of the 20th Century Architecture and Interior was created for Milan design week and provided a welcome respite from the week's influx of new products.
It was displayed in one of the previously abandoned warehouse tunnels behind Milan Central Station, as part of the Dropcity series of exhibitions.
Over more than 15 years, ?t?ch estimates he has photographed about 7,000 projects in 45 countries, capturing buildings and interiors that were completed between 1910 and 1980. "It's hard to count them all," ?t?ch told Dezeen when asked how many photographs are in the ever-evolving archive.

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For this exhibition, he focused on ten specific elements from his archive, grouped according to certain details ranging from entrances, windows and handrails to furniture, lighting, fireplaces and surfaces.
"All of these elements were created by architects as one-of-a-kind and bespoke design solutions for specific houses and buildings all around the world," ?t?ch said.
"The ul...