SkyscraperPage Forum - The 25 Most Significant Works of Postwar Architecture

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Three architects, three journalists and two designers gathered over Zoom to make a list of the most influential and lasting buildings that have been erected — or cleverly updated — since World War II. Here are the results.
By Kurt Soller and Michael Snyder
Aug. 2, 2021

1. Luis Barragán’s Casa Luis Barragán in Mexico City (1948)
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2. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe’s Farnsworth House in Plano, Ill. (1951)
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3. Hassan Fathy’s New Gourna Village in Luxor, Egypt (1952)
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4. Alvar Aalto’s Saynatsalo Town Hall in Jyvaskyla, Finland (1952)
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5. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe’s Seagram Building in New York City (1958)
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6. Kenzo Tange’s Kagawa Prefectural Government Office Building in Takamatsu, Japan (1958)
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7. Carlo Scarpa’s Renovation of Fondazione Querini Stampalia in Venice, Italy (1959)
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8. Le Corbusier’s Couvent Sainte-Marie de la Tourette in Éveux, France (1960)
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9. Edward Larrabee Barnes’s Haystack Mountain School of Crafts in Deer Isle, Maine (1961)
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10. Louis Kahn’s Salk Institute in La Jolla, Calif. (1965)
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11. Buckminster Fuller’s Geodesic Dome for Expo ’67 in Montreal (1967)
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12. John W. Moutoussamy’s Johnson Publishing Company Building in Chicago (1971)
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13. Jorn Utzon’s Sydney Opera House in Sydney, Australia (1973)
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14. Charlotte Perriand and Atelier d’Architecture en Montagne’s Les Arcs in Savoie, France (1974)
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15. Juliaan Lampens’s Van Wassenhove House in Sint-Martens-Latem, Belgium (1974)
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16. Renzo Piano and Richard Rogers’s Centre Pompidou in Paris (1977)
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17. Balkrishna Doshi’s Indian Institute of Management Bangalore in Bangalore, India (1983)
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18. Lina Bo Bardi’s SESC Pompéia in São Paulo, Brazil (1986)
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19. Peter Zumthor’s Therme Vals in Vals, Switzerland (1996)
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20. Francis Kéré’s Gando Primary School in Gando, Burkina Faso (2001)
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21. Wang Shu and Lu Wenyu’s Xiangshan Central Campus of China Academy of Art in Hangzhou, China (2007)
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22. Marina Tabassum’s Bait Ur Rouf Mosque in Dhaka, Bangladesh (2012)
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23. Amanda Williams’s “Color(ed) Theory” Series in Chicago (2014-16)
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24. Lacaton & Vassal, Frédéric Druot and Christophe Hutin’s Transformation of 530 Dwellings in Grand Parc Bordeaux, France (2017)
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25. Various Designers’ International Space Station in Outer Space (ongoing)
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