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Hans Scharoun designed a house in 1930 for Fritz Schminke, who was the owner of a noodles factory in Loebau, Saxony, Germany. The client wished for “… a modern house…
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In the district of Munkkiniemi, Helsinki, the Alvar Alto House was the building where the famous architect developed most of his life and career. Alvar and Aino Aalto designed the…
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The Farnsworth House was designed and constructed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe between 1945 and 1951. It is a one-room weekend retreat in what then was a rural setting,…
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The John Ferraro Building, headquarters for the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, is an iconic building in the City of Los Angeles. It was designed by the firm…
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Completed in 1931 by Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret in Poissy, The Villa Savoye is one of the most significant contributions to modern architecture in the 20th century and an…
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The Seagram Building on Park Avenue between 52nd and 53rd streets was designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and completed in 1958. The building’s particular conception and construction were…
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Le Corbusier designed Sainte Marie de La Tourette Monastery in 1960 for a Dominican Order priory near Lyon, France. The Dominican Order convent sinks into the edge of a forest…
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Competed in 1940, the Villa Mairea is a guest house and a rural retreat designed and built by the Finnish modernist architect Alvar Aalto for Harry and Maire Gullichsen in…
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