21. Glass House | Modern Architecture
Architect: Philip Jhonson
Location: Connecticut, USA
Build: 1949
Purpose: Own House
Present Scenario: Open to the public for guided tours.
22. Farnsworth House | Modern Buildings
Architect: Mies Van Der Rohe
Location: Plano, Illinois
Build: 1951
Purpose: Weekend retreat for Dr. Edith Farnsworth
Present Scenario: The house is owned and operated as a historic house museum by the historic preservation group, National Trust for Historic Preservation.
23. The Cité Radieuse | Iconic Building
Architect: Le Corbusier
Location: Marseille, France
Build: 1952
Purpose: Housing Unit
Present Scenario: Tours are conducted to see the building
Renovation: CitéRadieusemodel apartments have been rebuilt in exhibitions or renovated in their historic style.
24. United Nations HQ | Modern Architecture
Architect: Wallace Harrison
Location: New York City, USA
Build: 1952
Purpose: Headquarters includes the General Assembly and the Security Council
Present Scenario: Still in use
Renovation: The North Lawn Building was replaced with an open plaza in Jan 2016.
25. Notre Dame du Haut
Architect: Le Corbusier
Location: Ronchamp, France
Build: 1955
Purpose: Roman Catholic chapel
Present Scenario: Still working as a religious Building
26. Solar Building | Iconic Building
Architect: Stanley & Wright
Location: New Mexico, USA
Build: 1956
Purpose: First commercial Building to be heated primarily by solar energy for Bridgers & Paxton Consulting Engineers
Present Scenario: Still in use
Renovation: The Building expanded in 1962. The solar collector was abandoned in favor of a conventional boiler system, though the equipment was left intact for possible future use. In early 1974, Penn State researcher Stanley Gilman received a National Science Foundation grant to restore the Building’s solar heating system and operate it as part of a multi-year field study intended to identify optimal design criteria for such systems.
27. Ingalls Skating Rink | Modern Building
Architect: Eero Saarinen
Location: Connecticut, USA
Build: 1958
Purpose: Hockey rink in Yale university
Present Scenario: Still in use
Renovation: The building went under renovations in 2007, which added 13,000 square feet of varsity operational space in the rink.
28. Atomium | Modern Architecture
Architect: André and Jean Polak
Location: Brussels, Belgium
Build: 1958
Purpose: Constructed for the 1958 Brussels World’s Fair (Expo 58)
Present aluminum sheets on the spheres with stainless steel. It was opened for the public in
Present Scenario: Museum
Renovation: It began in 2004. The renovations included replacing the faded 2006.
29. Seagram Building | Famous Buildings in the World
Architect: Miles van der Rohe and Philip Johnson
Location: New York, USA
Build: 1958
Purpose: the headquarters for Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, a Canadian distillery company
Present Scenario: Still in use
30. The Guggenheim Museum | Iconic Buildings
Architect: Frank Lloyd Wright
Location: New York, USA
Build: 1959
Purpose: Museum
Present Scenario: Still in use.
Renovation: The Building underwent extensive expansion and renovations in 1992 (when an adjoining tower was built) and from 2005 to 2008.
