Modernism

Locally known as the "Onion” and the "Egg Beater,” Casper’s most recognizable buildings are beloved local landmarks to many, and eyesores to others.

An early masterpiece of Le Corbusier, a famed Modernist architect, hiding in plain sight.

Meant to resemble a massive tree, the building is the best example of Spanish organicist architecture in Madrid.

This post-war motel embodies a little-known, Miami-born architectural style.

This modernist building is the last remnant of an ambitious plan to restore a neighborhood.

On high feast days, the entire blue-glass front of this modern church opens up to reveal the small wooden church inside.

One of the oldest hospitals in the Americas is now decorated in hallucinatory murals.

This bizarre residential building is the masterpiece of Von Jour Caux, the “Gaudí of Japan.”

This stunning iron gate designed by Modernist architect Antoni Gaudí is filled with mythic symbolism.

After decades of neglect, a brutalist icon is getting new life as an eco-friendly hotel.

This poured-concrete water reservoir is a gem of modernist architecture well-hidden in a city forest.

A closer look at this somewhat faded hotel by the Corinth Canal reveals the architectural undertones of a genius.

Modernist design and funerary customs meet Spartan traditions in this one-of-a-kind graveyard.

A masterpiece of modern architecture that caused quite a stir in Paris, recreated in Bologna half a century later.

A small thermal park among the mountains of Southern Italy features a surprising piece of modern art.

A manifestation of modernist architectural ideas, this massive, multi-purpose building was one of the first of its kind in Southeast Asia.

Nicolas Schöffer's massive interactive sculpture was assembled in 1961 and brought back online in 2016.