12 great examples of modern architecture

The Guardian newspaper has put together a special series that showcases the best modern architecture around the globe.

Empire State Building - “the architectural pivot around which Manhattan appears to turn”

Sydney Opera House - “redefined the way we saw and thought about its host city”

Guggenheim Museum - “a glorious exhibition of itself, an architectural gesture, and urban eye-catcher”

Pompidou Centre - “it made Paris seem instantly modern”

Le Corbusier

Jewish Museum - “a building that was most effective when newly complete and emptya building that was most effective when newly complete and empty”

Fallingwater - “what Modern house is more compelling?”

30 St Mary Axe - “the “Gherkin”, is one of the most charismatic of contemporary city of London’s towers”

Casa Mila - “a magnificent example of seemingly willful organic design”

Eden Project - “a sea of bubbles from old Cornish chalk pits”

Phaeno Science Centre - “a wonderfully confident structure in which floors become walls, walls become floors”

Arnos Grove - “a utilitarian construction that is, nevertheless a Roman civic temple brought up-to-date”

OK, ok - so the list is full of the classics but read this article to understand why.

[via Archinect]