S.NO.
ARCHITECT BUILDING 1 BUILDING 2
1 OSCAR NIEMEYER MUSEUM OS OSCAR CATHEDRAL OF BRASSILIA
POST MODERNISM NIEMEYER (THE EYE) 16 Huge columns like hands
Reopened; change of opening to heaven,
annex; sinuous ramps, weighing 90 tonnes each;
colourful murals; plain most of the cathedral is
facade below the ground;
surrounded by water body
4 sculptures which
represent evangelists
2 LOUIS I KAHN SALK INSTITUTE PHILIPS EXTER ACADEMY
MODERNISM Symmetrical; wood and LIBRARY
cement, different colours 4 concentric squares; 1.
of wood; stream of water Brick wall faade, 2. Support
in middle for book shelves, 3.
Dramatic atrium with
circular openings in walls
3 HASSAN FATHY GOURNA VILLAGE WINDCATCHERS
VERNACULAR Low cost housing,
vernacular material
4 KENZO TANGE YOYOGI STADIUM HIROSHIMA PEACE
JAPANESE+MODERNISM Suspension roof; designed MEMORIAL MUSEUM
for Olympics of 1960 Vertical element, raised to a
height on pilotis 6m high;
rough concrete faade;
open spaces for gathering
Peace plaza in backdrop,
Japanese arch in plaza.
5 ROBERT VENTURI VANNA VENTURI HOUSE GUILD HOUSE
(less is bore) Complexity and Inelegant windows; red
POST MODERNISM contradiction; monumental clay; 6 storey; symmetrical
faade; hole in the wall
windows; basement; 5
rooms; 9m high; non-
structural arch
6 ARCHIGRAM THE PLUG IN CITY INSTANT CITY
PETER COOK, WARREN THE WALKING CITY INTERCHANGE PROJECT
CHALK, RON HERRON THE LIVING CITY KUNSTHAUS BUILDING,
AUSTRIA (only built
project)
7 FIVE NEW YORK MICHAEL GRAVES JOHN HEJDUCK
ARCHITECTS CHARLES GWAETHNEY RICHARD MEIER
PETER EINSENMAN
8 MICHAEL GRAVES HITLER KETTLE, ST. COLLETE SCHOOL
POST MODERNISM PORTLAND BUILDING Non-profit school for special
(most hated building in children; Geometrical
America); lots of small shapes, colour coded
windows; many colours; houses with gardens for
Next to Portland city hall easy access of children
9 CHARLES MOORE PIAZZA DIITALIA
POST MODERNISM Deteriorated; forgotten
next to surrounding
development; redesigned;
colourful; historic elements
10 CHARLES JENCKS GARDEN OF COSMIC OLYMPIC FOREST PARK,
POST MODERNISM SPECULATION, SCOTLAND BEIJING
For late wife; over a very Ying-yang; pulling towards
large area of land; series of the black-hole centre; sense
sculptures, landforms, of gravity
terraces, gardens etc.
11 NORMAN FOSTER THE GHERKIN HEARST TOWER
41 floors,180m height; 41st Triangulated method, saves
floor panoramic view, 20% reinforcement; base of
40th floor bar; 37th floor the tower is 6 storey;
restaurant; 38th floor atrium, heat conducting
private dining. Office limestone; green building,
building, triangulated rain water harvesting
design, lesser load of glass waters plants and floor
faade; green building, 6 system and water fall that
shafts, natural ventilation; cools the insides; tubing
double glazing, provides under floor for warmth in
insulation. winters and cooling in
summers; 85% recycled
material; 26% lesser energy
consumption
12 REM KOOLHAS CCTV HEADQUARTERS SEATTLE CENTERAL LIBRARY
DECONSTRUCTIVIST 234m tall; divided into 6 11-storey building; library in
horizontal and vertical levels according to use; 56
sections; structural m high; floating platforms,
challenge, seismic zone; 12 glass and steel building;
studios for TV making functions dictated form
13 ALDARO SIZA BOA TEA HOUSE SERPENTINE GALLERY,2003
POETIC MODERNISM Vernacular; platforms and Exhibition in 2003; structure
staircases made of grid
14 TADAO ANDO CHURCH OF LIGHT KOBE WATERFRONT PLAZA
CRITICAL REGIONALISM Solid/ void; stark/ serene; Recreational plaza, sports,
nature, geometry, outdoor auditorium; next to
substance; concrete waterfront; nature,
structure to replace the geometry, substance;
existing structure, reserve area for refugees
minimalist architecture and fire barrier
15 PETER EISENMAN HOUSE VI HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL
FUTURISTIC, Criticized for physical Concrete blocks; 2.38 X .95,
DECONSTRUCTIVISM problems, difficult to use; height varies from 0.2 to
4D design and 4.8m
manipulation
16 ZAHA HADID PHAENO SCIENCE CENTRE CONTEMPORARY ARTS
DECONSTRUCTIVIST Contemporary design, CENTRE (CAC)
raised on stilts; thicker at Galleries float over main
the bottom to support the lobby; series of ramps; inter
structure; use of stilts to connection like 3D jigsaw
give free space for the puzzle; concrete, glass and
people; the base of the steel
building is illuminated,
concrete
17 LOUIS SULLIVAN AUDITORIUM BUILDING WAINWRIGHT BUILDING
(father of skyscrapers) 3- tier- the base, the shaft, Steel clad masonry; 3 tier-
the capital; 18- storey The base, the shaft, the
office, 10 storey hotel; capital(cornice); the upper
base is the auditorium, floors have round bullnose
exterior rough granite; rest windows; structure
is sandstone; the interiors promotes verticality; H
are ornamented and shaped pan; organic
decorated as compared to embellishments
the plain exterior
18 FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT FALLING WATERS GUGGENHIEM MUSEUM,
MODERNIST Built over water stream NEW YORK CITY
called Bear run; use of Museum built as a ramp;
rocks and stones to give the ramp/ building widens
earthy look; glass windows, at the top; the walls are
no visual imparity; inclined outwards from the
outdoors to inside; ramp; white- serene colour;
cantilevered platforms; light is provided through
relaxation house the skylight; shell shaped
structure
19 WALTER GROUPIS FAGUS SHOE FACTORY BAHAUS SCHOOL
MODERNIST Revolution in modern Building divided into zones
buildings; 3 storey; glass according to use; the
faade with minimum workshop is connected to
walls; steel piers support school by a 2-storey raised
the glass which run bridge on piers;
vertically; the glass faade asymmetrical; retractable
is continued along the walls
corners, glass faade
makes the building less
imposing and lighter;
provides light
20 MEIS VANDER ROHE FARNSWORTH HOUSE BARCELONA PAVILLION
(less is more) Minimalist building; 56 Hold worlds art fair;
MODERNIST plinth; 8 I sections; glass Asymmetrical; glass steel;
wall faade; white- serene; interior wall of marble and
wiring etc. below floor or travertine; load bearing
from the core; steel and walls; 8 steel posts,
glass; 28ft X 77ft glass box concrete roof; next to
oblong pool; loosely
connected spaces
21 CORBUSIER VILLA SAVOYE RONCHAMP
22 CHANDIGARH ALBERT MAYER CORBUSIER
23 RAJ REWAL ASIAD VILLAGE,1982 PARLIAMENT LIBRARY
CRITICAL REGIONALISM
24 F.W. STEVENS VICTORIA TERMINUS
INDO-SARCENIC REVIVAL
ARCHITECTURE
25 WILLIAM EMERSON VICTORIA MEMORIAL
INDO- SARCENIC REVIVAL
ARCHITECTURE
26 EDWARD LUTYENS PARLIAMENT
INDO-SARCENIC
ARCHITECTURE
27 LAURIE BAKER HAMLET
VERNACULAR
LOW COST HOUSING
