Yusuhara Wooden Bridge Museum KOCHI, JAPAN
KENGO KUMA Set against a backdrop of tall evergreens, this striking museum is the work of Kengo Kuma. A celebrated Japanese architect, Kuma uses traditional materials to create distinctive …
Category: Great Buildings
Palace of the Arts OPERA HOUSE VALENCIA, SPAIN
SANTIAGO CALATRAVA One of the sensational buildings of the City of Arts and Sciences in Valencia, the Queen Sofia Palace of the Arts is a large, concrete and steel …
Seattle Central Library
REM KOOLHAAS After detailed analysis of the basic needs of a library building, Rem Koolhaas conceived a radical architectural form to fulfill them. The arresting, multifaceted glass skin of …
MAXXI MUSEUM ROME, ITALY
ZAHA HADID Italy’s magnificent national museum of 21st-century visual art is a future-oriented exhibition space that promotes cultural innovation. In responding to the challenges of MAXXI, architect Zaha Hadid …
Jin Mao Tower COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT SHANGHAI, CHINA
ADRIAN SMITH Since the 1990s no city has seen such dramatic growth as Shanghai. As China developed economically, Shanghai acquired a vast number of new buildings, from shops and …
Grand Palais GALLERY AND MUSEUM PARIS, FRANCE
CHARLES GIRAULT With a floor area of some 775,000 sq ft (72,000 sq m) and perimeter walls around 0.6 miles (1km) in length, the Grand Palais is the largest …
CHURCH BARCELONA, SPAIN
ANTONI GAUDI The Expiatory Church of the Holy Family, Barcelona, usually known as the Sagrada Familia (Holy Family), is the masterwork of Antoni Gaudl, the great Catalan architect. Gaudl …
Sydney Opera House Australia
1957-73 OPERA HOUSE SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA J0RN UTZON In 1956 the government of New South Wales, Australia, announced an international competition to design a new opera house for Sydney. The …