Modernism architecture in New York
Discover 16 places in New York shaped by Modernism architecture, with photos, the architects behind them, and where to find each one.
Modernism strips away ornament and lets function shape the building in glass, steel, and concrete. It broke through in the 1920s and dominated construction after World War II. More about modernism
Modernism in New York
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Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
1959 · Frank Lloyd Wright
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Westbeth Artists Housing
1970 · Richard Meier
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9 West 57th Street
1974 · Gordon Bunshaft
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Roosevelt Island — Four Freedoms Park
2012 · Louis Kahn
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Citigroup Center
1977 · Hugh Stubbins
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MetLife Building
1963 · Emery Roth & Sons
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McGraw-Hill Building
1931 · Raymond Hood
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Ford Foundation Building
1967 · Kevin Roche
- United Nations Headquarters Le Corbusier
- CBS Building Eero Saarinen
- Lever House Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
- Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts Philip Johnson
- Manufacturers Hanover Trust Building Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
- Seagram Building Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
- Louise Nevelson Plaza Louise Nevelson
- Alamo Tony Rosenthal
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