We just came across an article in the September issue of GQ listing the most important Buildings of the 21st century. In no particular order, here’s their list:
Casa da Musica, Porto, Portugal (2005) - Rem Koolhaas
Valleaceron Chapel, Almadenejos, Ciudad Real, Spain (2000) – Sancho-Madridejos
Guthrie Theater, Minneapolis (2006) – Jean Nouvel
Metropol Parasol, Seville, Spain (2007) – Jurgen Mayer H
BMW Plant/Central Building, Leipzig, Germany (2005) – Zaha Hadid
Tubac House, Tubac, Arizona (2000) – Rick Roy
New Museum, New York City (2007) – Kazuyo Sejima +Ryue Nishizawa/SANAA
Scottish Parliament building, Edinburgh (2004) – Enric Miralles
Turning Torso, Malmo, Sweden (2005) – Santiago Calatrava
De Young Museum, San Francisco (2005) – Herzog & de Meuron
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There’s certainly a pattern here, but as a greatest hits this is a little monotone.
September 28th, 2006 at 9:35 am
Anyone else completely depressed by this “top 10″ list? Most every structure here had blank/dead walls made of materials that are cold. Some them also thought to defy gravity in ways that would make them ridiculously expensive to construct.
Further… would anyone want to live in one of these sculptures?
October 9th, 2006 at 10:13 am
being a civil engg. i want to be part of this and share my knowledge and show world my presence
March 31st, 2009 at 1:32 am