40 Impressive Examples of 20th Century Architecture (41 Photos)

Category: Architecture, Interior, PEGI 0+

3 April 2023

20th century architecture is a variety of styles, scales, structures, a mix of traditional architectural trends with new, creative ideas. In this collection - some of the most beautiful and impressive buildings from architects of the last century from all points planets. From massive brutalist buildings to interesting interiors - let's plunge into the architecture of the 20th century.

1. Terminal 5, John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York. Architect Eero Saarinen

2. Architect Louis Kahn. Phillips Academy in Exeter, USA, built 1965-71

3. Headquarters of Johnson Wax, USA. Architect Frank Lloyd Wright

4. The building in the form of a wave "L'immeuble En Vague" in Brittany, France. Designed by architect Pierre Doucet, built in the 1970s

5. Chapel in Mexico City, architect Felix Candela. Built in 1953

6. Racing track on the roof of the Fiat factory, which opened in 1923 in the Lingotto district, Turin, Italy

7. House of Brazilian architect Paulo Mendez da Rocha, built in 1966

8. Pavilion at Expo 67, Montreal. Architect Richard Buckminster Fuller

9. Oklahoma State Bank. Built in 1962

10. A group of buildings Les Choux de Créteil in Creteil, France. Built in 1969-74. Architect - Gerard Granval

11. Marin County Civic Center, USA, built in 1960. Architect Frank Lloyd Wright

12. Johnson Wax office building, 1960, Mizhdrecht, the Netherlands. Architect - Hugh Muscant

13. House with a terrace (1965) in Oslo, Norway. Architects - Anne-Thinne Friis and Mogens Friis

14. Refueling in the city of Ogre, Latvia, 1965

15. Sepvelgi Street in Budapest, Hungary. Built in 1933-34 according to the design of Jozsef Fischer

16. Australia Pavilion at Expo 1970 in Osaka, Japan. Architect - James McCormick

17. Church of Christ in the German city of Bochum. Built in 1956–1959, architect - Dieter Osterlen

18. Refueling 1960 in Valencia, Spain. Architect - Juan Aro Piñar

19. Alvorada Palace, Brazil, built in 1958

20. House "Arango" 1973 in Acapulco, Mexico. Architect - John Lautner

21. Tsukiji district in Tokyo, 1963. Architect - Kenzo Tange

22. Gas station Aquila in 1949 in the city of Sesto San Giovanni, Italy. Architect - Aldo Favini

23. Station in the city of Cologne, Germany. Built in 1957

24. House in the Bauhaus style, popular in Germany in 1919-1933. Photo from 1927

25. Ozanfant's studio house, built in 1923 in Paris. Architect - Le Corbusier

26. Embassy of Czechoslovakia in London. Architects - Jan Bokan, Zdenek Rotbauer, Jan Schramek and Karel Stepanek

27. Indian Institute of Management in Ahmedabad, India. Architect - Louis Kahn

28. House in Colorado, USA, built in 1963. Architect - Charles Deaton

29. Concert hall in Takasaki, Japan, 1960s. Architect - Antonin Raymond

30. House designed by architect Albert Frey. 1934, Long Island, USA

31. Office building in Udine, Italy, 1978. Architect - Angelo Mangiarotti

32. House designed by architect Agustin Hernandez Navarro, 1973, Mexico City

33. Children's Library in Hiroshima, Japan. Architect - Kenzo Tange, 1951-53

34. Church of Santa Maria Immacolata, 1966, Bergamo, Italy. Architect - Pino Pizzigoni

36. Church of the Holy Spirit (1966) in the German city of Emmerich am Rhein. Architect - Dieter Baumewerd

37. Concrete Hedgehog, Swiss Army Pavilion (1964) by Karl Fingerhut

38. Building Casa Del Portuale in Naples, Italy, designed by Aldo Rossi. Years of construction - 1968-80.

39. Le Corbusier House, Ahmedabad, India, built in 1956

40. Embassy of Brazil in Buenos Aires, Argentina, built in 1978-89. Architect - Olavo Redig de Campos