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Villa Savoye, completed in 1931 by Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret in Poissy, France, is a landmark in modern architecture and a defining example of the International style. It is…
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The Glass House is a renowned architectural landmark designed by Philip Johnson, located in New Canaan, Connecticut. It is considered a masterpiece of the International Style. Its innovative use of…
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The Seagram Building, located on Park Avenue between 52nd and 53rd streets in New York City, is a landmark in modern architecture. Designed by the legendary architect Ludwig Mies van…
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In 1930, Hans Scharoun designed the Schminke House for Fritz Schminke, the owner of a noodles factory in Loebau, Saxony, Germany. Schminke requested a modern house for his family of…
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The Alvar Aalto House, located in the Munkkiniemi district of Helsinki, was the center of the famous architect’s life and career. Alvar and Aino Aalto designed the house at Riihitie…
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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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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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Completed in 1940, the Villa Mairea is a magnificent example of modernist architecture designed and built by the renowned Finnish architect Alvar Aalto. Commissioned by Harry and Maire Gullichsen, this…
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