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North American Buildings : Architecture
Key Contemporary Architectural Developments in North America: USA built environment design updates.
post updated 20 September 2024
North American Buildings – geographical by country
* geographically part of North America, politcally part of Europe
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North American Building – Key Selection
e-architect pick out (from our resource) what we feel are the most significant buildings of recent decades in North America, with an emphasis on the last decade…of course some major older buildings are missing, we don’t have images for some 20th Century buildings (photos welcome!). For example, houses by Wright, Neutra, Schindler, Lautner etc.
These aren’t selected as the best North American architecture but as the buildings that asked serious questions, stepped forward, innovated and challenged. Views welcome.
Farnsworth House, Plano, USA
Date built: 1950
Design: Mies van der Rohe
photo © gm+ad architects
Farnsworth House
“an icon of 20th century modern architecture”
The Farnsworth House is regarded as one of the most significant of architect Mies van der Rohe’s buildings, of similar importance to canonical works such as the Barcelona Pavilion.
860-880 Lake Shore Apartments, Chicago, Illinois, USA
1951
Mies van der Rohe
photo : William Zbaren
860-880 Lake Shore Drive Based on ideas and theories Mies had been perfecting since his earliest days as an independent architect in 1920s Berlin, these buildings redefined highrise living for the post-war generation.
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, USA
1956
Frank Lloyd Wright
photo : David M. Heald, © SRGF, New York
Guggenheim Museum New York – organic Modernist architecture
Habitat 67, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
1967
Moshe Safdie, Architect
photo © Timothy Hursley
Habitat 67
Habitat 67 began life as a master’s thesis project prepared in 1961 by architect Moshe Safdie, then an architecture student at McGill University. He came up with the idea of a high density apartment building that would provide residents with privacy as well as peace and quiet.
Seattle Public Library, Seattle, USA
2004
Rem Koolhaas Architects / OMA
photo : Philippe Ruault
Seattle Library
“The essence of the Public is that it is free. Increasingly public space has been replaced by accommodations of quasi-public substance that while suggesting an open invite, actually make you pay.”
New York by Gehry, NYC
2011
Frank Gehry
picture : dbox
New York by Gehry
Architecturally, Gehry’s design carries the drama of the exterior curtain wall movement into residents’ private spaces, the building’s folds result in some 200 unique apartment layouts from which to choose. Where the façade undulates outward, large free-form bay windows that change location from floor to floor make the most of the building’s unique site, allowing for unobstructed panoramic views in every direction.
New North American Architecture
Major projects that are currently in progress, whether under design or construction (or both!):
Chicago Navy Pier Redevelopment, USA
James Corner Field Operations
photograph Courtesy Navy Pier, Inc.
Chicago Navy Pier Competition
Freedom Tower, New York City, USA
tower under construction
Freedom Tower New York
SFMOMA Expansion, San Francisco, USA
Snøhetta
image © Snøhetta
SFMOMA Expansion
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Recently Completed Building Designs
Jameson House, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Foster + Partners
photograph : Nigel Young, Foster + Partners
Jameson House
Natural History Museum of Utah, USA
Ennead Architects, LLP with GSBS
photograph © Jeff Goldberg/Esto
Natural History Museum of Utah
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, USA
Design: Renzo Piano Building Workshop (RPBW)
© Nic Lehoux / Renzo Piano Building Workshop
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Museo Soumaya, Mexico
FREE | Fernando Romero EnterprisE
photograph : Adam Wiseman
Museo Soumaya
MIT Media Arts & Sciences Building, Boston, USA
Fumihiko Maki and associates
photo courtesy of Andy Ryan
MIT Media Lab Building
Central Los Angeles Area High School #9, CA, USA
COOP HIMMELB(L)AU – award
photo © Duccio Malagamba
Central Los Angeles Area High School #9
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North American Architecture
Individual North American buildings : Major Projects, alphabetical:
Absolute Tower, Mississauga, Canada
MAD
picture from architect
Absolute Tower Canada
Aqua Tower, Chicago, USA
Studio Gang Architects
picture from architects
Aqua Tower
Arango Residence, Acapulco, Mexico
John Lautner
photo : Sara Sackner
Acapulco house
Contemporary Jewish Museum, USA
Studio Daniel Libeskind
photograph © Andrew McRae
Contemporary Jewish Museum
Crystal Cathedral, Los Angeles, USA
Philip Johnson with John Burgee
picture © Andrew McRae
Los Angeles Cathedral
Florida Southern Colleges, Florida, USA
Frank Lloyd Wright
photo © Robin Hill
Florida Southern Colleges Buildings
Fogo Island Artist Studios, Newfoundland
Saunders Architecture
photo from architects
Fogo Island Studios
The Getty Center, Los Angeles, USA
Richard Meier & Partners
image © Alice McRae
Getty Center Building
GRAM – Art Museum, Grand Rapids, USA
Design: wHY architecture
photo : Chris Barrett@Hedrich Blessing
GRAM Michigan
Holy Rosary Catholic Church, USA
Trahan Architects
photograph : Tim Hursley / The Arkansas Office
Holy Rosary Church
La Estancia Chapel, Mexico
Bunker Arquitectura
photo : Megs Inniss
Mexican chapel
Nelson Atkins Museum of Art, USA
Design: Steven Holl Architects
image from SGLA
Nelson Atkins Museum of Art
Nestlé Application Group, Mexico
Michel Rojkind Arquitectos
photo © Paúl Rivera/archphoto.com
Nestlé Building Queretaro
New Tamayo Museum, Mexico
BIG + Rojkind Arquitectos
picture : Glessner Group
New Tamayo Museum
Prada Epicenter, New York City, USA
Rem Koolhaas
photo : Armin Linke
Prada New York
Renaissance ROM Extension, Canada
Studio Libeskind
picture Courtesy Studio Daniel Libeskind
Royal Ontario Museum
Saint Louis Art Museum, USA
David Chipperfield
picture © Imaging Atelier 2007
Saint Louis Art Museumn
Smithsonian Museum Courtyard, USA
Foster & Partners
photo : Nigel Young / Foster + Partners
Smithsonian Institute
Spaceport America, New Mexico, USA
Foster + Partners
picture : Foster + Partners
Spaceport New Mexico
Sunset Chapel, Acapulco, Mexico
Bunker Arquitectura
picture : Esteban Suárez
Sunset Chapel
Swiss Embassy, Washington, D.C., USA
Design: Steven Holl Architects
picture © Andy Ryans
Swiss Embassy Washington, D.C.
Tori-Tori Restaurant, Mexico
Michel Rojkind Arquitectos
photo : Paul Rivera © rojkind arquitectos
Tori-Tori Restaurant
Torre BBVA-Bancomer, Mexico
RSH+P with Legorreta + Legorreta
image from architect
BBVA-Bancomer Headquarters
Torre Cube – Office Block tower, Guadalajara, Mexico
Carme Pinós
photograph : Lourdes Grobet
Cube Tower Guadalajara
University of Iowa building, USA
Design: Steven Holl Architects
picture © Andy Ryans
University of Iowa Building
ViILA NM, New York, USA
UNStudio
photo : Christian Richters
ViILA NM New York
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, USA
Herzog & de Meuron with HGA, Inc.
photo : Paul Warchol
Walker Art Center
Walt Disney Concert Hall, LA, USA
Gehry Partners
photo © Andrew McRae
Walt Disney Concert Hall
Winspear Opera House, Dallas, USA
Foster + Partners
image : Foster + Partners
Winspear Opera House
Zimmerman House, Manchester, USA
Frank Lloyd Wright
picture © Adrian Welch
Zimmerman House
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