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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)


2. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe’s Farnsworth House in Plano, Ill. (1951)


3. Hassan Fathy’s New Gourna Village in Luxor, Egypt (1952)


4. Alvar Aalto’s Saynatsalo Town Hall in Jyvaskyla, Finland (1952)


5. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe’s Seagram Building in New York City (1958)


6. Kenzo Tange’s Kagawa Prefectural Government Office Building in Takamatsu, Japan (1958)


7. Carlo Scarpa’s Renovation of Fondazione Querini Stampalia in Venice, Italy (1959)


8. Le Corbusier’s Couvent Sainte-Marie de la Tourette in Éveux, France (1960)


9. Edward Larrabee Barnes’s Haystack Mountain School of Crafts in Deer Isle, Maine (1961)


10. Louis Kahn’s Salk Institute in La Jolla, Calif. (1965)


11. Buckminster Fuller’s Geodesic Dome for Expo ’67 in Montreal (1967)


12. John W. Moutoussamy’s Johnson Publishing Company Building in Chicago (1971)


13. Jorn Utzon’s Sydney Opera House in Sydney, Australia (1973)


14. Charlotte Perriand and Atelier d’Architecture en Montagne’s Les Arcs in Savoie, France (1974)


15. Juliaan Lampens’s Van Wassenhove House in Sint-Martens-Latem, Belgium (1974)


16. Renzo Piano and Richard Rogers’s Centre Pompidou in Paris (1977)


17. Balkrishna Doshi’s Indian Institute of Management Bangalore in Bangalore, India (1983)


18. Lina Bo Bardi’s SESC Pompéia in São Paulo, Brazil (1986)


19. Peter Zumthor’s Therme Vals in Vals, Switzerland (1996)


20. Francis Kéré’s Gando Primary School in Gando, Burkina Faso (2001)


21. Wang Shu and Lu Wenyu’s Xiangshan Central Campus of China Academy of Art in Hangzhou, China (2007)


22. Marina Tabassum’s Bait Ur Rouf Mosque in Dhaka, Bangladesh (2012)


23. Amanda Williams’s “Color(ed) Theory” Series in Chicago (2014-16)


24. Lacaton & Vassal, Frédéric Druot and Christophe Hutin’s Transformation of 530 Dwellings in Grand Parc Bordeaux, France (2017)


25. Various Designers’ International Space Station in Outer Space (ongoing)

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Interesting list.

Dulles Airport seems a notable omission off the top of my head. I'm sure there are others.
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