October 8, 2007
12 Best Examples Modern Architecture
The Guardian newspaper has put together a special series that showcases the best modern architecture around the globe.
Empire State Building - “the architectural pivot around which Manhattan appears to turn”
Sydney Opera House - “redefined the way we saw and thought about its host city”
Guggenheim Museum - “a glorious exhibition of itself, an architectural gesture, and urban eye-catcher”
Pompidou Centre - “it made Paris seem instantly modern”
Jewish Museum - “a building that was most effective when newly complete and emptya building that was most effective when newly complete and empty”
Fallingwater - “what Modern house is more compelling?”
30 St Mary Axe - “the “Gherkin”, is one of the most charismatic of contemporary city of London’s towers”
Casa Mila - “a magnificent example of seemingly willful organic design”
Eden Project - “a sea of bubbles from old Cornish chalk pits”
Phaeno Science Centre - “a wonderfully confident structure in which floors become walls, walls become floors”
Arnos Grove - “a utilitarian construction that is, nevertheless a Roman civic temple brought up-to-date”
OK, ok - so the list is full of the classics but read this article to understand why.
[via Archinect]
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