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

2023-12-21T15:33:44+00:00

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

2023-12-21T15:33:38+00:00

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

Still standing: Denver Central Library, 1996

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

Confident and serene, Michael Graves' Denver Library stands as a riposte to the notion of postmodernism as a mish-mash of populism and pizazz. Ian Volner assesses the enduring appeal of a building that has survived a quarter of a century with dignity and grace.

Still standing: Denver Central Library, 19962023-12-21T15:33:21+00:00

Still standing: Lloyd’s of London, 1986

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

Is the Lloyd’s building a monument to reason or just a wilful mess? Contributing editor Ian Volner hazards an irreverent guess as to the motives behind Richard Rogers’ inscrutable design.

Still standing: Lloyd’s of London, 19862023-12-21T15:33:12+00:00

Still standing: Seagram Building, 1958

2023-12-21T15:33:06+00:00

In the first of a series of revisits, Architecture Today’s new contributing editor Ian Volner assesses the significance of an instant icon that has stood the test of time, beginning with Mies van der Rohe's Seagram Building.

Still standing: Seagram Building, 19582023-12-21T15:33:06+00:00
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