boredpanda - This Online Group Shares Photos Of Modernist Architecture From Around The World, And Here Are 116 Of The Most Impressive Buildings

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Jonas Grinevičius and Kotryna Brašiškytė


From stunningly gorgeous and utopian to cold and soulless, there are probably as many opinions about modernist buildings as there are people in the world. In the eternal discussion about whether function or form is more important, the balance might arguably be skewed in favor of the former when we talk about modernism, the architectural style that dominated much of the 20th century. Though who’s to say that modernism doesn’t allow for beauty and balance?

The ‘Modernist Architecture’ subreddit is a digital space where people can discuss the style of architecture and share photos of buildings around the entire world. The modernist buildings they share are truly impressive. But whether or not you approve of them is entirely up to you, Pandas.

Scroll down and upvote the pics that you liked the most. We’d also love to hear your opinions on this, so tell us what you think of these buildings and modernism as a whole in the comments. If you enjoyed what you saw, be sure to follow r/ModernistArchitecture for their latest posts.

Bored Panda got in touch with the friendly moderator team at r/ModernistArchitecture. Redditor u/joaoslr, the founder of the community, as well as its head mod, was kind enough to answer our questions about the subreddit, as well as modernism as a whole. "I believe that in order to fully understand modernist architecture, you need to look at its history and context," the redditor told us. Read on for the full interview.

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#1 The Wave, La Baule, France, Designed By Pierre Doucet In 1979



#2 Raleigh House, United States (1954), By Eduardo Catalano



#3 Niterói Contemporary Art Museum, Brazil, Designed By Oscar Niemeyer In 1991



#4 Druzhba Sanatorium, Ukraine (1978-85) By Igor Vasilevsky



#5 Johnson Administration Building And Research Tower, Frank Lloyd Wright



#6 Verdi Tower, 1975, Paris France



#7 Greater Refuge Temple, Harlem, USA, Designed By Costas Machlouzarides In 1966



#8 Institute Of Foreign Languages, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Designed By Vann Molyvann In 1965



#9 Haus Des Rundfunks, Berlin, Hans Poelzig 1931, Staircase Near The Great Broadcasting Hall



#10 University Of Michigan Law Library Extension, Ann Arbor, Michigan, By Gunnar Birkerts (1981). The Modern Extension Is Largely Underground

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#11 McGregor Conference Center, Detroit, Michigan, Designed By Minoru Yamasaki In 1958



#12 Fallingwater House, USA (1936-39) By Frank Lloyd Wright



#13 Garcia House, USA (1964-66) By John Lautner



#14 Cinema Impero, Eritrea (1937) By Mario Messina



#15 Notre Dame De Royan, France, Designed By Guillaume Gillet And Marc Hébrard In 1955



#16 Stadthalle, Bremen, Germany, Designed By Roland Rainer In 1961



#17 Stahl House, Los Angeles Ca, USA (1957) By Pierre Koenig, Photography By Julius Shulman



#18 Catton House, West Vancouver, Canada, Designed By Arthur Erickson And Geoffrey Massey In 1967



#19 Männistö Church, Finland (1992) By Juha Leiviskä



#20 Noyes Hall At Vassar College By Eero Saarinen, Poughkeepsie, New York (1958)

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#21 Home Of Architect Agustín Hernández, Designed In 1975



#22 La Mason De La Celle-Saint-Cloud, Designed By Jean-Pierre Raynaud 1967



#23 Villa Sayer, Normandy, France, Designed By Marcel Breuer In 1972



#24 World Trade Center, New York City, By Minoru Yamasaki (1973)




#25 Kodak Training Center, Henrietta, New York, Designed By Som In 1971



#26 General Motors Technical Center Interior By Eero Saarinen (1956)



#27 Olivetti Showroom, Venice, Italy, Designed By Carlo Scarpa In 1958



#28 The Glass Pavilion (780 Ashley Rd, Montecito, California)



#29 Indian Institute Of Management, Bangalore, India, Designed By B.v. Doshi In 1977



#30 Flaine Ski Resort, France, Designed By Marcel Breuer In 1960

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#31 The Eames House, Case Study House No. 8 In The Palisades



#32 “Graham House” West Vancouver, Bc. By The Late Arthur Erickson. 1962. He Was A Master Of Working With Difficult Cliff Sites



#33 Runion House, Seattle, Washington, Designed By Ralph Anderson In 1969



#34 Sheats Goldstein Residence, USA (1961-63) By John Lautner



#35 La Cité Radieuse, Le Corbusier, 1948-1952, Marseille, France



#36 Stony Brook University Hospital, NY, USA (1965-76) By Bertrand Goldberg



#37 Lobby Of United States Embassy Oslo By Eero Saarinen (1959)



#38 Shadowcliff, Harry Weese, Ellison Bay, Wisconsin 1969



#39 Willow Run Airport By Minoru Yamasaki, Ypsilanti, Michigan (1958)



#40 Edifício Copan, Brazil (1952-61) By Oscar Niemeyer

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#41 Coca-Cola Building, Los Angeles, California. Designed By Robert V. Derrah. (1939)



#42 Fata Headquarters, Turin, Italy, Designed By Oscar Niemeyer In 1975



#43 The Incredible Sheats Goldstein Residence



#44 Warner House, New Canaan, Connecticut, Designed By John Johansen In 1955



#45 Former Cathedral Of Christ The King, Portage, Michigan, By Irving W. Colburn (1968)



#46 William Lescaze House, New York City, USA, Designed By Lescaze Himself In 1934



#47 Ciccillo Matarazzo Pavilion, Brazil (1955-57) By Oscar Niemeyer



#48 Franks House, Brentwood, California, Designed By Raúl Garduno In 1966



#49 Yukon–kuskokwim Delta Regional Hospital, Bethel, Alaska, Designed By Caudill Rowlett Scott In 1980



#50 Nakagin Capsule Tower, Japan (1970-72) By Kisho Kurokawa. Despite Being A Rare Remaining Example Of Japanese Metabolism, Its Demolition Has Just Started

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#51 Lycée Hôtelier Du Touquet, Paris, France, Designed By Pierre-André Dufétel In 1971



#52 Viking Ship Museum, Roskilde, Denmark, Designed By Erik Christian Sørensen In 1968



#53 Axa Insurance Headquarters, Casablanca, Morocco, Designed By Jean-François Zevaco In 1977



#54 Prentice Women’s Hospital, Chicago, USA (1969-75) By Bertrand Goldberg



#55 Atelier Jespers, Brussels, Belgium, Designed By Victor Bourgeois In 1928



#56 Hudson Valley Glass House, Chappaqua, NY, USA | Robert Fitzpatrick | 1967



#57 Temple Beth Sholom, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, USA, Designed By Frank Lloyd Wright In 1954



#58 Sanovicz House, São Paulo, Brazil, Designed By Abrahão Sanovicz In 1976



#59 Ship Of The Desert, Palm Springs, California, Designed By Wilson & Webster In 1936



#60 Chrysler Motors Pavilion, Chicago, USA, Designed By Holabird And Root In 1933

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#61 Director’s Office At Bauhaus Weimar, Germany (1923) By Walter Gropius



#62 Headquarters Of Fuji TV At Tokyo, Japan By Kenzo Tange, (1993)



#63 Singleton House, Bel Air, USA, Designed By Richard Neutra In 1959



#64 Pepsi-Cola Headquarters, New York NY By Gordon Bunshaft And Natalie De Blois (1960)



#65 Case Study House 20(B) - Bass House, USA (1957-58) By Buff, Smith And Hensman



#66 Modernist Beach House By The Late Architect Horace Gifford. (1932-1992) Fire Island, New York. Built In 1967



#67 Clever House, Cherry Hill, New Jersey, USA, Designed By Louis Kahn In 1957



#68 Us Post Office (Loop Station), Chicago, By Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe (1973)



#69 Goulding Summer House, Enniskerry, Ireland, Designed By Scott Tallon Walker In 1971



#70 Street View Kaufmann Desert House. Palm Springs, California. Completed In 1946. Architecture By: Richard Neutra

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#71 Casa De Vidro, São Paulo, Brazil, Designed By Lina Bo Bardi In 1951



#72 140 Broadway, New York City, By Gordon Bunshaft And Davis Allen Of Skidmore Owings And Merrill (1967)



#73 “Farnsworth House” On The Us Register Of Historic Places. By: Mies Van Der Rohe. Completed In 1951. Plano, Illinois



#74 Los Manantiales Restaurant, Xochimilco, Mexico, Designed By Felix Candela In 1958



#75 My Hand Made Modern Birdhouse!



#76 Bacardi Buildings, Miami, USA, Designed By Enrique Gutierrez In 1963



#77 Mondadori Headquarters At Milan, Italy By Oscar Niemeyer, (1968-1975), Photo By Roland Halbe



#78 Ibm Building, Seattle, Washington, By Minoru Yamasaki (1964)



#79 Maison Berteaux, Uccle, Belgium, Designed By Louis Herman De Koninck In 1936



#80 Modernist Housing Development By The Late Mies Van Der Rohe Architect. Detroit, Michigan. (1959). Developer Was Herb Greenwald

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#81 Natural History Museum Of Obafemi Awolowo University ~ Ile-Ife, Nigeria



#82 Merry Christmas! Stahl House (Case Study House #22) By Pierre Koenig



#83 Alvorada Palace, Presidential Residence Of Brasil At Brasilia By Oscar Niemeyer, (1958)



#84 Villa Monzeglio, Venezuela (1953) By Antonio Montini



#85 Tyler House, Designed In 1950 By John Lautner. Los Angeles, California, USA



#86 Rose Seidler House, Australia (1948-50) By Harry Seidler



#87 Carlton Hills Lutheran Church, USA (1960) By Robert Des Lauriers



#88 Halston Residence (Originally Hirsch Residence) By Paul Rudolph, Manhattan (1966-1974)



#89 Temppeliaukio Church In Finland (1969) By Timo & Tuomo Suomalainen



#90 Armstrong Rubber Building, USA (1968-70) By Marcel Breuer. Recently Converted Into A Hotel

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#91 Interior Of Danmarks Nationalbank, Denmark (1965-78) By Arne Jacobsen



#92 Swoon



#93 Universitätskirche, Kiel, Germany, Designed By Herbert Weidling And Erhart Kettner In 1960



#94 Le Brasilia, Marseille, France, Designed By Fernand Boukobza In 1966



#95 Interior Of The Saint-Joseph Church, France (1951-58) By Auguste Perret



#96 Union Carbide's Former Headquarters In Danbury, Ct



#97 Segal Residence Seen From The Beach. Malibu, California. (1979) John Lautner Architect



#98 Panoramic Interior View. Norman Lykes House. Phoenix, Arizona. Frank Lloyd Wright. (1959)



#99 Stairs In The Walstrom House By: John Lautner Architect(1911-1994) Santa Monica Mountains Outside Of Los Angeles. Completed In 1969



#100 My Home, Built In 1950 [yakima, Wa, USA]

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#101 Lake Point Tower At Chicago, Il By Schipporeit And Heinrich, (1968)



#102 Living Room In The Aubrey Watzek House, Portland, Oregon, Designed By John Yeon In 1936



#103 Apartment Buildings By Lan Architecture In Strasbourg, France (2020)



#104 Toronto Dominion Center, Canada, Designed By Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe In 1963



#105 860-880 Lake Shore Drive Apartments At Chicago, Il By Mies Van Der Rohe, (1951)



#106 Riola Parish Church, Italy (1978) By Alvar Aalto



#107 Experimental Ranch House By: Cliff May. Restoration By: Marmol Radziner Architecture. Built In 1952. Brentwood Neighborhood Of Los Angeles



#108 The Promises Of The Future - Breuninger Department Store In Stuttgart, Germany (1931)



#109 Feldman Architect's San Jose Pavilion, California



#110 The Toronto Reference Library, 1977 (Raymond Moriyama)

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#111 Coachella Valley Savings And Loan Bank, USA (1961) By E. Stewart Williams



#112 Living Room In The Charles And Ingrid Kobel House, Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan, USA, Designed By Eliel And Eero Saarinen In 1939



#113 Café L'aubette, France (1926) By Theo Van Doesburg



#114 Glass Facade Of The Main Building Of School Of The Bauhaus In Dessau, Architect Walter Gropius, 1926



#115 International Fair Of Dakar, Senegal, Designed By Jean Francois Lamoureux And Jean-Louis Marin In 1974



#116 Rudolf Schindler's 1926 Lovell Beach House, Newport Beach, California. The Client, Who Also Commissioned Neutra's Lovell Health House, Was Committed To The Idea That Architecture Can Have A Profound Effect On Wellness; Both Buildings Feature Plenty Of Natural Light And Ventilation




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