Still standing: Stockholm Public Library, 1928

2023-12-21T15:33:51+00:00

Ian Volner revisits Gunnar Asplund's eccentric Stockholm library, which showcases the competing impulses of an architect who embraced Premodernism, Modernism and even Postmodernism – decades before the term came into popular use.

Still standing: Stockholm Public Library, 19282023-12-21T15:33:51+00:00

Still standing: Bank of China Tower, 1990

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Overcoming numerous site challenges and political controversies, this iconic project by I.M. Pei is a testament to the architect’s ingenuity and foresight.

Still standing: Bank of China Tower, 19902023-12-21T15:33:44+00:00

Still standing: Casa Luis Barragán, 1948

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Luis Barragán’s most famous work, originally designed for a client in Mexico City in 1937, then occupied by Barragán himself, harnesses the power of opposites as well as referencing his devout Catholicism.

Still standing: Casa Luis Barragán, 19482023-12-21T15:33:38+00:00

Still standing: Centrosoyuz Building, 1933

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Designed for a street plan that was never realised and an occupant that ceased to exist, Centrosoyuz is a symbol of a dysfunctional state and Le Corbusier’s thwarted ambitions to become the standard-bearer for modernism in the USSR, writes Ian Volner.

Still standing: Centrosoyuz Building, 19332023-12-21T15:33:30+00:00
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