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Modern architecture
Modern architecture is art with similar characteristics, primarily the simplification of form and creation of ornament from the structure and theme of the building. The first variants were conceived early in the 20th century. Modern architecture was adopted by many influential architects and...
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The Pentagon
The Pentagon is the headquarters of the United States Department of Defense, located in Arlington, Virginia. As a symbol of the U.S. military, "the Pentagon" is often used metonymically to refer to the Department of Defense rather than the building...
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- 0.16593 km² (0.064065 mi² )
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum opened its doors on October 21, 1959 and is one of the best-known museums in New York City and one of the 20th century's most important architectural landmarks. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, the museum––which is...
Rockefeller Center
Rockefeller Center is a complex of 19 commercial buildings covering 22 acres (89,000 m) between 48th and 51st streets in New York City. Built by the Rockefeller family, it is located in the center of Midtown Manhattan, spanning the area between...
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- 0.04856 km² (0.018751 mi² )
Beinecke Library
Yale University's Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library (BRBL) was a 1963 gift of the Beinecke family. The building, designed by architect Gordon Bunshaft, of the firm of Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill, is the largest building in the world...
Eames House
The Eames House (also known as Case Study House No. 8) is a landmark of mid-20th century modern architecture located at 203 North Chautauqua Boulevard in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. It was constructed in 1949 by...
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- 0.00567 km² (0.0021876 mi² )
Fallingwater
Fallingwater, also known as the Edgar J. Kaufmann Sr. Residence, is a house designed by American architect Frank Lloyd Wright in 1934 in rural southwestern Pennsylvania, 50 miles southeast of Pittsburgh, and is part of the Pittsburgh Metro Area. The...
Government House
British Columbia's Government House is the official residence of the Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia. It is located in Victoria, British Columbia.
The first vice-regal residence in the area was Cary Castle, built in 1860 by George Hunter...
Farnsworth House
The Farnsworth House, designed and constructed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe between 1945-51, is a one-room weekend retreat in a once-rural setting, located 55 miles (89 km) southwest of Chicago's downtown on a 60-acre (240,000 m) estate site...
Area:
- 0.02833 km² (0.010938 mi² )
Oriel Chambers
Oriel Chambers is a Grade 1 Listed Building located on Water Street, near to the town hall in Liverpool, England. The building, a work by Peter Ellis, was built in 1864 and comprises 43,000 sq ft (4,000 m) set over five floors. The building was the...
Unity Temple
Unity Temple is a Unitarian Universalist church in Oak Park, Illinois, and the home of the Unity Temple Unitarian Universalist Congregation. It was designed by the American architect Frank Lloyd Wright, and built between 1905 and 1908. Unity Temple...
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- 0.00202 km² (0.00078128 mi² )
McLaren Technology Centre
The McLaren Technology Centre is the headquarters of the McLaren Group, located on a 500,000 m² site in Woking, United Kingdom. It is a large, roughly semi-circular, glass-walled building, designed by the architect Norman Foster and his company,...
Crossroads of the World
Designed by Robert V. Derrah and built in 1936, the Crossroads of the World has been called America's first outdoor shopping mall. Located on Sunset Boulevard and Las Palmas in Los Angeles, the mall features a central building designed to resemble...
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- 0.00728 km² (0.0028126 mi² )
Ennis House
The Ennis House is a building located in the Los Feliz neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, USA, south of Griffith Park. It was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright for Charles and Mabel Ennis in 1923, and built in 1924.
Following "La Miniatura" ...
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- 0.01012 km² (0.0039064 mi² )
Wayfarers Chapel
Wayfarers Chapel, also known as "The Glass Church" is located in Rancho Palos Verdes, California. It is noted for its unique modern architecture and location on cliffs above Pacific Ocean. It is part of the Swedenborgian Church of North America and...
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- 0.01416 km² (0.0054689 mi² )
John Muir National Historic Site
The John Muir National Historic Site, located in Martinez, California, preserves the 14-room mansion where the naturalist and writer John Muir lived, as well as a nearby 325 acres (132 ha) tract of oak woodland and grassland historically owned by...
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- 1.39617 km² (0.539062 mi² )
Angelus Temple
Angelus Temple is the central house of worship of the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel in the Echo Park district of Los Angeles, California.
It was constructed under the leadership of Aimee Semple McPherson and dedicated on the First of...
Beth Sholom Synagogue
Beth Sholom Congregation is a Conservative synagogue located in the Philadelphia suburb of Elkins Park. Its building is the only synagogue designed by famed architect, Frank Lloyd Wright. Beth Sholom is Hebrew for House of Peace.
The building is a...
Area:
- 0.01578 km² (0.006094 mi² )
Mickey's Diner
Mickey's Diner is a 50' x 10' classic Art Deco diner car restaurant in Saint Paul, Minnesota. It was prefabricated in New Jersey by the Jerry O'Mahony Co. of Elizabeth, New Jersey, in 1937 serial # 1067, shipped to Saint Paul by rail, and installed...
Kings Road House
The Schindler House, also known as the Kings Road House or Schindler Chase house, is a house in West Hollywood, California designed by architect Rudolf Schindler. The Schindler House is considered to be the first house built in the Modern style. ...
Marin County Civic Center
Marin County Civic Center, the last commission by Frank Lloyd Wright, is located in San Rafael, California. Groundbreaking for the Civic Center Administration Building took place in 1960, after Wright's death and under the watch of Wright's protégé,...
Area:
- 0.32983 km² (0.12735 mi² )
S.R. Crown Hall
S. R. Crown Hall, designed by the German-born Modernist architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, is the home of the College of Architecture at the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago, Illinois.
Widely regarded as Mies van Der Rohe's masterpiece,...
Post and Mail building, Birmingham
The Birmingham Post and Mail building was constructed in the 1960s and was a symbol of the rebuilding of Birmingham, England following the devastation of World War II.
Designed in 1960 by John H.D. Madin and Partners (partner in charge, D.V. Smith,...
Oregon State Capitol
The Oregon State Capitol is the building housing the state legislature and the offices of the governor, secretary of state, and treasurer of the U.S. state of Oregon. It is located in the state capital, Salem. The current building, constructed from...
Area:
- 0.0603 km² (0.02328 mi² )
Eagle River Stadium
The Eagle River Stadium is an ice rink and arena located in Eagle River, Wisconsin.
The Eagle River Stadium, which seats roughly 2,000 people, was designed by German immigrant architect and engineer Max Hanisch, Sr. and constructed by local...
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- 0.02023 km² (0.0078128 mi² )
Dallas City Hall
Dallas City Hall is the seat of Dallas municipal government, located at 1500 Marilla in the Government District of downtown Dallas, Texas (USA). The current building, the city's fifth city hall, was completed in 1978 and replaced the Dallas...
Moulin Rouge Hotel
The Moulin Rouge Hotel was a hotel and casino located in the West Las Vegas neighborhood of Las Vegas, Nevada, that is listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places. The first desegregated hotel casino, it was popular with many of...
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- 0.02185 km² (0.0084378 mi² )
Swansea Guildhall
The Guildhall is one of the main office buildings of the City and County of Swansea Council.
Prior to local government re-organisation in 1996, it was the headquarters for the former Swansea City Council. The Guildhall complex comprises the City...
Lawton High School
Lawton High School was the first high school in Lawton, Oklahoma. It is located at 601 NW Fort Sill Blvd in Lawton, Oklahoma. Its school mascot is the Wolverine. During the early 1960s, Lawton High School athletic teams won state championships in 5...
Area:
- 0.01174 km² (0.0045314 mi² )
Little Norway
Little Norway is a tourist attraction and living museum of a Norwegian village located in Blue Mounds, Wisconsin. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Perhaps the best-known attraction at Little Norway is the Norway Building...
Area:
- 0.21449 km² (0.082815 mi² )
W.O.W. Hall
The W.O.W. Hall (aka Community Center for the Performing Arts) is a performing arts venue in Eugene, Oregon, United States.
It was formerly a Woodmen of the World (W.O.W.) lodge.
The W.O.W. Hall was listed on the National Register of Historic Places...
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- 0.00081 km² (0.00031251 mi² )
Lewis House
The Lewis House is a historic home near Tallahassee, Florida. It is located north of I-10, at 3117 Okeeheepkee Road. On February 14, 1979, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. It was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright for...
Area:
- 0.01983 km² (0.0076565 mi² )
Norton House
The Norton House is a historic home located at 253 Barcelona Road in West Palm Beach, Florida. On July 26, 1990, the house was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.
The Ann Norton Sculpture Gardens consists of the Norton House and...
Area:
- 0.00202 km² (0.00078128 mi² )
Florida Power and Light Company Ice Plant
The Florida Power and Light Company Ice Plant (also known as the City Products Corporation Ice Plant) is a historic site in Melbourne, Florida, United States. It is located at 1604 South Harbor City Boulevard. On November 17, 1982, it was added to...
Area:
- 0.00121 km² (0.00046877 mi² )
Maitland Art Center
The Maitland Art Center (formerly known as The Research Studio) is a historic site in Maitland, Florida. It was founded and designed by architect and artist Jules Andre Smith in 1937. It is located at 231 West Packwood Avenue. On November 17, 1982,...
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- 0.01457 km² (0.0056252 mi² )
Eliseyev Emporium
Elisseeff Emporium in St. Petersburg is a large retail and entertainment complex constructed in 1902-1903 for the Elisseeff Brothers.Located at 56 Nevsky Prospekt, the complex consists of three buildings although the corner one is the structure that...
Dr. Willard Van Orsdel King House
The Dr. Willard Van Orsdel King House is a historic U.S. home in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. It is located at 1336 Seabreeze Boulevard. On February 21, 2006, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.
Temple Theatre
The Temple Theatre in Sanford, North Carolina is a historic theater built in 1925 by Mr. Robert Ingram, Sr. Throughout the 1920s and 1930s, the theater was a touring house for road shows. During the 1960s, it was used by the Sanford Little Theater...
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- 0.0004 km² (0.0001563 mi² )
Frieda and Henry J. Neils House
The Frieda and Henry J. Neils House is a house in Minneapolis, Minnesota, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. The home was designed for Henry J. Neils, a stone and architectural materials distributor, and his wife Frieda. It is unusual for a Wright...
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- 0.00202 km² (0.00078128 mi² )
The Sentinels
The Sentinels are two 90 metre tall residential tower blocks on Holloway Head in Birmingham, England. The two towers, called Clydesdale Tower and Cleveland Tower, are both 32 storeys tall and were part of a major regeneration scheme following World...
Seth Peterson Cottage
The Seth Peterson Cottage is a two-room lakeside cottage located in Mirror Lake State Park outside Lake Delton, Wisconsin It was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1958.
Wisconsin resident Seth Peterson convinced Wright, who was then 90 years old, to...
Area:
- 0.00526 km² (0.0020313 mi² )
Gerald B. and Beverley Tonkens House
Gerald B. and Beverley Tonkens House is a registered historic building in Cincinnati, Ohio, listed in the National Register on October 3, 1991.
Area:
- 0.02428 km² (0.0093753 mi² )
Lucienne Nielsen House
The Lucienne Nielsen House is a historic house in Nokomis, Florida, United States. It is located at 3730 Sandspur Lane. On March 21, 2007, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.
Edwin Hubble House
Edwin Hubble House is a National Historic Landmark house located at 1340 Woodstock Road, in San Marino, California. It was the home of astronomer Edwin Hubble. He lived there from 1925 until he died in 1953, and the house remained in the Hubble...
Samara
Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright SAMARA (John E. Christian House) is located in West Lafayette, Indiana. The home is a pristine example of the Usonian homes that Wright designed. SAMARA was built from 1954 and 1956 and is still occupied by the...
Area:
- 0.00405 km² (0.0015626 mi² )
Executive Tower
Executive Tower the name of the future working place of the President of Uruguay. The original project started in 1965 as a Palace of Justice, but the 1973 military coup d'etat interrupted it.
By the time the military government was over, the...
Gordon House
Gordon House is a residential house designed by influential architect Frank Lloyd Wright as part of his Usonian vision for America. It is the second and last of the series designed for working-class U.S. consumers, which—in 1939—was considered $5...
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- 0.00405 km² (0.0015626 mi² )
Herbert and Katherine Jacobs Second House
Herbert and Katherine Jacobs Second House is the first home designed by Frank Lloyd Wright that used passive solar feature of hemi-cycles. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 2003.
It is located in Madison, Wisconsin.
Area:
- 0.01821 km² (0.0070315 mi² )
Virginia High School
Virginia High School is a high school located in Bristol, Virginia. In 1999, Virginia High started offering the Tri-Cities area's first International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme. Classes from the Advanced Placement program are also offered to...
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- 0.02023 km² (0.0078128 mi² )
Cole Motor Car Company
The Cole Motor Car Company was an early automobile maker based in Indianapolis, Indiana. Cole automobiles were built from 1908 until 1925. They were quality-built luxury cars. The make is a pioneer of the V-8 engine.
Joseph J. Cole made his first...
Area:
- 0.00607 km² (0.0023438 mi² )
Revere Quality Institute House
Revere Quality Institute House is a historic house near Sarasota, Florida, United States. It is located at 100 Ogden Lane. It was designed by the architects Paul Rudolph and Ralph Twitchell . On March 26, 2008, it was added to the U.S. National...
Horatio West Court
Horatio West Court, built in Santa Monica, California in 1919, is an early example of attached houses with shared pedestrian and vehicle access. It was designed by Irving Gill. The arched entry ways and small patio courts reflect Gill's affinity for...
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- 0.00081 km² (0.00031251 mi² )
Rohm and Haas Corporate Headquarters
The Rohm and Haas Corporate Headquarters in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States is the headquarters for the chemical manufacturing company Rohm and Haas. Completed in 1964, the building was the first private investment for the urban renewal of...
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- 0.00607 km² (0.0023438 mi² )
Storer House
Storer House is a Frank Lloyd Wright house in the Hollywood Hills of Los Angeles built in 1923. The structure is noteworthy as one of the five Mayan Revival style textile-block houses built by Wright in the Los Angeles area from 1922 to 1924.
The...
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- 0.00607 km² (0.0023438 mi² )
Rachel Carson House
The Rachel Carson House is a typical suburban ranch-style house, built in 1956 in Colesville, Maryland for Rachel Carson. Carson wrote her classic work Silent Spring there in 1962 . The house was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1991.
The...
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- 0.00526 km² (0.0020313 mi² )
Samuel Freeman House
Samuel Freeman House is a Frank Lloyd Wright house in the Hollywood Hills of Los Angeles built in 1923. The structure is noteworthy as one of the four textile block houses built by Wright in the Los Angeles area.
In 1986 the Freeman House was...
Area:
- 0.01012 km² (0.0039064 mi² )
Pillsbury Summer House
Pillsbury Summer House is an historic house at 45 Old Cove Road in Duxbury, Massachusetts.
The house was built in 1938 and added to the National Historic Register in 2004.
Area:
- 0.01295 km² (0.0050002 mi² )
Wright Memorial Library
Wright Memorial Library, more commonly known as the "Wright Building," is an historic library at 147 St. George Street in Duxbury, Massachusetts.
The building was donated to the Town of Duxbury by Georgianna Wright (1837-1919), an influential...
Birmingham Magistrates' Court
Birmingham's new Magistrates' Court is a proposed £80m court building in Birmingham, United Kingdom, currently in the design stage. It is located on the Masshouse redevelopment site, in the Eastside area of the city.
Design is being undertaken by...
Avenel Cooperative Housing Project
Avenel Cooperative Housing Project is a "cooperative experiment" designed by noted architect Gregory Ain, and built in 1947 in the Silver Lake section of Los Angeles. The project consists of ten cooperative units built along a common path on two...
Detroit-Columbia Central Office Building
The Detroit-Columbia Central Office Building is a building located at 52 Seldon in Detroit, Michigan. It is also known as the Michigan Bell Telephone Exchange. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.
The Detroit...
