Buildings
An eclectic selection of mainly modern and post-modern buildings seen during my travels. Most of them have been selected for this page for their unusual shape and structural form.
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Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art Gateshead, United Kingdom Gelder and Kitchen 1950 (Refurbishment 2002) |
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Trellick Tower London, UK Ernő Goldfinger 1972 |
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Genex Tower (Western City Gate) Belgrade, Serbia Mihajlo Mitrović 1977 |
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Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum New York City, USA Frank Lloyd Wright 1959 |
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Solar Furnace at Odeillo France 1970 |
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Caldea Les Escaldes, Andorra Jean-Michel Ruols 1994 |
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Pompidou Centre 4th arrondissement of Paris, France Renzo Piano, Richard Rogers and Gianfranco Franchini 1971-77 |
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Tower 42 (Former Names: National Westminster Tower, International Financial Centre) City of London R Siefert & Partners 1971 - 1980 |
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Lloyd's Building City of London Richard Rogers 1978 - 1986 |
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Darlington Town Hall United Kingdom 1970 |
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Palazzo della Esso Italiana Rome, Italy 1980 |
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Casa Batlló Barcelona, Spain Emili Sala Corté 1877 (Built) Antoni Gaudí 1906 (Refurbished/Redesigned) |
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Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Spain Frank Gehry 1997 |
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Place Victor Horta Brussels, Belgium |
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Les Arènes de Picasso (Social Housing Scheme) Marne-la-Vallée, nr Paris, France Manuel Nuñez Yanowsky 1980-84 |
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Kosovar Central Government Bldg Pristina, Kosovo Various 1970 (Intended to be a bank) 1999 (Bombed) 2005-06 (Renovated and adapted) |
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Radisson Blu Hotel Latvia (Formerly Hotel "Latvia") Riga, Latvia Arturs Reinfelds, Aija Grīna, Valters Maike, Henrijs Lācis (Construction) 1976 - 1979 (Reconstructed 2001) |
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Spa Hotel Thermal Karlovy Vary, Bohemia, Czech Republic Věra and Vladimír Machonin 1976 |
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Pribaltiyskaya Hotel St. Petersburg, Russia Baranov 1972 - 1978 |
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Toronto City Hall Canada Viljo Revell et al. 1965 |
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Palace of Culture and Science Warsaw, Poland Lev Rudnev 1952 - 1955 |
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Eden Project United Kingdom Nicholas Grimshaw 2001 |
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National Library of Kosovo Pristina, Kosovo Andrija Mutnjakovic 1982 |
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Capital Gate Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates RMJM (Robert Matthew Johnson Marshall) Dubai 2011 |
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Gate Towers Al Reem Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Arquitectonica / Khatib & Alami 2013 |
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Marina Bay Sands Marina Bay, Singapore Moshe Safdie/Aedas 2010 |
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The Interlace 200 Depot Rd, Singapore Buro Ole Scheeren/OMA 2013 |
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Rike Park Music Theatre and Exhibition Hall Tbilisi, Georgia Massimiliano and Doriana Fuksas 2010 - Under Construction |
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Casino Campione Batumi, Georgia 2015 |
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Face House Batumi, Georgia Vazha Orbeladze 2011 |
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Salyut Hotel Kiev, Ukraine Avraam Miletsky, N. Slogotskaya and Vladimir Shechnko 1984 |
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Marina City Chicago, USA Bertrand Goldberg 1968 |
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Spodek Katowice, Poland Maciej Gintowt, Maciej Krasiński and Jerzy Hryniewiecki 1971 |
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'Basket' Headquarters Newark, Ohio, USA NBBJ 1997 |
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Fallingwater Bear Run, Pennsylvania, USA Frank Lloyd Wright 1939 |
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Torre Velasca Milan, Italy BBPR 1956 - 1958 |
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Bahrain World Trade Center Manama, Bahrain Atkins 2004 - 2008 |
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Rockwell Automation Headquarters and
Allen-Bradley Clock Tower Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA Fitzhugh Scott 1962 |
