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| The first modern building on the campus, it was also the first endorsement of the modern style by a major university and was seen in the national and architectural presses as a turning point in the acceptance of the aesthetic in the U.S. | Graduate Center Harvard Law School Walter Gropius The Architects Collaborative |
| a modernist firm headed by Walter Gropius and seven younger architects in 1945 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. | The Architects Collaborative |
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Graduate Center Harvard Law School Walter Gropius The Architects Collaborative 1949 |
| Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago, IL 1939-1950 (Crown Hall) | |
| appointed head of the architecture school at Chicago's Illinois Institute of Technology. One of the benefits of taking this position was that he would be commissioned to design the new buildings and master plan for the campus. | Ludwig Mies Van der Rohe Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago,IL |
| Ludgwig Mies van der Rohe Fansworth House Plano, IL 1945 | |
| The Seagram Building has become an icon of the growing power of the corporation, that defining institution of the twentieth century. In a bold and innovative move, the architect chose to set the tower back from the property line to create a forecourt plaza and fountain on Park Avenue. | Ludgwig Mies van der Rohe New York, NY 1955 |
| Ludwig Mies van der Rohe Seagram Tower New York, NY 1955 | |
| In the 1950s, a unique opportunity to translate the Radiant City on a grand scale presented itself in the construction of the Union Territory Chandigarh, India's first planned city. Le Corbusier designed many administration buildings, including a courthouse, parliament building, and a university. He also designed the general layout of the city, dividing it into sectors. Le Corbusier was brought on to develop the plan of Albert Mayer. | Charles Edouard Jeanneret (Le Corbusier) Chandigarh City Punjab, India 1956 |
| Perhaps the most significant difference between the Contemporary City and the Radiant City is that the latter abandoned the class-based stratification of the former; housing was now assigned according to family size, not economic position | Radiant City- Urban city planning Charles Edoard Jeanneret "Le Corbusier" |
| Charles Edouard Jeanneret "Le Corbusier" Carpenter Center Harvard University Cambridge, MA 1961 | |
| Charles Edouard Jeanneret "Le Corbusier" Carpenter Center Harvard University Cambridge, MA 1961 | |
| Charles Edouard Jeanneret "Le Corbusier" Carpenter Center Harvard University Cambridge, MA 1961 | |
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Alvar Aalto Baker House Dormitory MIT Cambridge,MA 1948 |
| Alvar Aalto Baker House Dormitory MIT Cambridge,MA 1948 | |
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Alvar Aalto Baker House Dormitory MIT Cambridge,MA 1948 |
| Eero Saarinen TWA terminal Kennedy Airport New York , NY 1958 | |
| Eero Saarinen TWA terminal Kennedy Airport New York , NY 1958 | |
| Eero Saarinen TWA terminal Kennedy Airport New York , NY 1958 | |
| Eero Saarinen TWA terminal Kennedy Airport New York , NY 1958 | |
| The main terminal was designed in 1958 by famed Finnish-American architect Eero Saarinen and it is highly regarded for its graceful beauty, suggestive of flight. | Eero Saarinen Dulles International Airport Vienna,VA 1961 |
| Eero Saarinen Dulles International Airport Vienna, VA 1961 | |
| Eero Saarinen Dulles International Airport Vienna, VA 1961 | |
| Eero Saarinen John Deere Headquarters Moline, IL 1961 | |
| Eero Saarinen John Deere Headquarters Moline, IL 1961 | |
| Eero Saarinen John Deere Headquarters Moline, IL 1961 | |
| Philip Johnson Glass house New Cannan CT 1949 | |
| Philip Johnson Glass house New Cannan CT 1949 | |
| Philip Johnson Boston Public Library Addition Boston, MA 1971 | |
| Paul Rudolph State Services Building Boston, MA 1970 | |
| Paul Rudolph State Services Building Boston, MA 1970 | |
| Paul Rudolph State Services Building Boston, MA 1970 | |
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Ioh Ming Pei Christian Science Center Boston, MA 1972 |
| Ioh Ming Pei Christian Science Center Boston, MA 1972 | |
| Ioh Ming Pei Christian Science Center Boston, MA 1972 |
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Ioh Ming Pei John Hancock Tower Boston, MA 1972 |
| Ioh Ming Pei John Hancock Tower Boston, MA 1972 | |
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Ioh Ming Pei JF Kennedy Presidential Library Boston, MA 1976 |
| Ioh Ming Pei JF Kennedy Presidential Library Boston, MA 1976 | |
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Ioh Ming Pei East Wing, National Gallery of Art Washington, DC 1977 |
| Ioh Ming Pei East Wing, National Gallery of Art Washington, DC 1977 | |
| Kallman & McKinnell City Hall Boston MA 1968 | |
| Kallman & McKinnell City Hall Boston MA 1968 |
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