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Small buildings with no daily programme to satisfy, which is why so many of them were where an architect tried an idea out first.
Worth seeing

Tower of Shadows
1956 · Brutalism

Sefton Park Palm House
1896 · Victorian

Pavellons Güell
1887 · Art Nouveau

Portuguese Pavilion
1998 · Modernism

Industrial Palace
1891 · Neo-Renaissance

Tverrfjellhytta
2011 · Contemporary

Skjervsfossen
2016 · Contemporary

Steinsdalsfossen
2014 · Contemporary

Nordic Pavilion
1962 · Modernism

Vøringsfossen
2020 · Contemporary

Stegastein
2006 · Contemporary

Penguin Pool, London Zoo
1934 · Modernism

Gudbrandsjuvet
2006 · Contemporary

Velázquez Palace
1883 · Neo-Renaissance

Nynäs slotts orangeri
1905 · Nyköping

Finnish Pavilion
1956 · Modernism

Palazzo del Lavoro
1961 · High-Tech

Main Beach Pavilion
1912 · Art Deco

Djurgården Pavilion museum concept
Stockholm

Bukkekjerka
2018 · Brutalism

Casino at Marino
1776 · Neoclassical

Brno Exhibition Centre
1928 · Functionalism

Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary Entry Pavilion
2010 · Contemporary
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