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This cantilevered Pennsylvania house appears to float over a waterfall, designed in 1935 by a famous American architect.
- Glass House
- Kaufmann Desert House
- Farnsworth House
- Fallingwater
This titanium-clad Spanish museum opened in 1997 and sparked a global trend of using landmark cultural buildings to revitalize struggling cities.
- Tate Modern
- Guggenheim Museum Bilbao
- Centre Pompidou
- Museo Reina Sofía
This German art school, founded in 1919, united crafts and fine arts and profoundly influenced modern design and architecture education.
- De Stijl
- Vienna Secession
- Arts and Crafts Movement
- Bauhaus
This 1,450-foot Chicago skyscraper held the world's tallest building title for 25 years after its 1973 completion.
- Empire State Building
- Chrysler Building
- Willis Tower
- John Hancock Center
This Iraqi-British architect became the first woman to receive the Pritzker Prize, known for her dramatic curves and sharp angles.
- Zaha Hadid
- Jeanne Gang
- Odile Decq
- Kazuyo Sejima
This American architect pioneered "organic architecture," believing buildings should harmonize with their natural surroundings.
- Frank Lloyd Wright
- Philip Johnson
- Richard Neutra
- Louis Sullivan
This phrase, coined by Louis Sullivan, became the guiding principle of modernist architecture emphasizing purpose over decoration.
- Form follows function
- Less is more
- Make it new
- God is in the details
This Dubai skyscraper stands at 2,717 feet, holding the world's tallest building record since its 2010 completion.
- Taipei 101
- Burj Khalifa
- One World Trade Center
- Shanghai Tower
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