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The functionalist turn
Twenty years in which architecture dropped ornament, took up light and air as programme, and rebuilt what a house was for.
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Pavelló Mies van der Rohe
1929 · Modernism
Riksförsäkringsanstalten
1932 · Functionalism
Viipuri Library
1935 · Functionalism
Aarhus City Hall
1941 · Modernism
Tugendhat House
1930 · Modernism
Elfvinggården
1940 · Functionalism
Tegelslagaren 12
1937 · Functionalism
Maison de Tristan Tzara
1926 · Modernism
Friluftstaden
1944 · Functionalism
Ribershus
1943 · Functionalism
Stockholm Public Library
1928 · Nordic Classicism
Sankt Olovs kyrka
1927 · Nordic Classicism
Maison de Verre
1931 · Modernism
Almhöjden
1940 · Nordic Classicism
Vattenpalatset
1933 · Functionalism
Matchstick Palace
1928 · Nordic Classicism
Kvinnornas hus
1938 · Functionalism
Kleinhans Music Hall
1940 · Modernism
Klosters kyrka
1929 · Nordic Classicism
Bromma gymnasium
1937 · Functionalism
Johnson Wax Headquarters
1939 · Modernism
Taliesin West
1941 · Modernism
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- Churches and chapels 1,463
- Parks and gardens 1,395
- Built this century 1,192
- Older than the maps 1,108
- Housing 805
- Museums and galleries 792
- Public art 775
- Stone and mortar 762
- World Heritage 489
- Castles and palaces 484
- Local traditions 430
- Legally protected 420
- Town halls 391
- Post-war ambition 368
- Schools 349
- Squares 297
- National romanticism 262
- Monuments 261
- Concrete 193
- Stations 170
- Bridges 166
- Industrial architecture 142
- Award winners 141
- Glass towers 128
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