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Buildings
Explore significant buildings through their makers, materials, setting and cultural context.
Barcelona Pavilion
The German Pavilion of 1929, designed by Mies van der Rohe and Lilly Reich and reconstructed in 1986.
Casa Batlló
A Barcelona residence transformed by Antoni Gaudí into an integrated architectural composition.
Fallingwater
Frank Lloyd Wright's Pennsylvania house, built over a waterfall for the Kaufmann family.
Hôtel Tassel
Victor Horta's 1893 Brussels townhouse, an early and influential Art Nouveau landmark.
Sagrada Família
Barcelona's monumental basilica, shaped by Antoni Gaudí and generations of subsequent builders.
Villa Mairea
Aalto's experimental 1938–39 Finnish residence combining modern form, craft and landscape.
Villa Savoye
Le Corbusier's house at Poissy: an architectural manifesto with a complicated practical history.
