One building from every year of the 20th century, in chronological order. Part 3.

 

1941: Wat Phra Si Mahathat in Bangkok

1942: Palazzo delle Scienze in Catania, by Vincenzo Patane

1943: Casa Malaparte in Capri, Italy, by Curzio Malaparte

1944: Malmö Opera in Sweden, by Sigurd Lewerentz

1945: Edifico Herdocia in Costa Rica, by Luis Llach Llagostera

1946: Cathedral Church of Christ in Lagos

1947: Nizami Mausoleum in Ganja, Azerbaijan

1948: Casa Luis Barragán in Mexico City, by Luis Barragán

1949: Las Lajas Shrine in Ipiales, Colombia

1950: Maracanã Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

1951: Centro Svizzero in Milan, by Armin Meili

1952: Komsomolskaya Metro Station, Moscow

1953: Main building of Moscow State University, by Lev Rudnev

1954: UNAM Ciudad Universitaria in Mexico, by Vladimir Kaspé and J. Hanhausen

1955: Battersea Power Station in London, by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott

1956: The San Siro in Milan, originally built 1925; redesigned by Armando Ronca and Ferruccio Calzolari

1957: Wuhan Yangtze Great Bridge in Wuhan, China

1958: Seagram Building in New York, by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

1959: Ten Great Buildings Project in Beijing (Great Hall of the People pictured here)

1960: Hooper House II in Maryland, by Marcel Breuer

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