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Behind the façade : comparing three building traditions : London, Lisbon, Barcelona Graus, Ramon Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament de Teoria i Història de l'Arquitectura i Tècniques de Comunicació Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. LoG - Xarxes Transnacionals de l'Art i l'Arquitectura Moderns: Local-Global Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Urbanisme::Planejament urbà Urban landscape architecture Cities and towns--History Industrialized building Urban history Architectural history Construction history Cities ’identity Industrialization Arquitectura del paisatge urbà Ciutats--Història Construcció industrialitzada The careful observation of three building traditions, which were developed in parallel in three European cities (London, Lisbon and Barcelona), may enable the creation of new narratives about the city and its history. Instead of a description of the architecture based on art movements, the text proposes an approach to what lies behind the façade. At the start of the industrialisation process of the eighteenth century, three events (the Great Fire of London, the Lisbon earthquake and the early and unexpected industrialisation of Barcelona) forced a change in the construction systems used for houses in these cities. This comparative approach may open up a fascinating narrative world on the society of that time that could be of use to city museums that are interested in the construction of European identity. Peer Reviewed Postprint (published version) 2021 Conference lecture Graus, R. Behind the façade : comparing three building traditions : London, Lisbon, Barcelona. A: Annual Conference of the International Committee for the Collections and Activities of Museums of Cities. "CAMOC Annual Conference 2021: Connecting cities, connecting citizens: towards a shared sustainability: Barcelona, Spain; December 1-4, 2021: book of proceedings". International Committee for the Collections and Activities of Museums of Cities, The International Council of Museums (ICOM-CAMOC), 2021, p. 156-159. ISBN 978-2-491997-74-8. 978-2-491997-74-8 https://hdl.handle.net/2117/386800 eng https://camoc.mini.icom.museum/publications/camoc-books/ http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Open Access Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International 4 p. application/pdf International Committee for the Collections and Activities of Museums of Cities, The International Council of Museums (ICOM-CAMOC)