Guess the Architect

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Nearly four centuries after its completion, this small but period-defining church remains as strange and inscrutable as ever.

Nestled against a hillside on the edge of a growing East Asian city, this art school campus was designed by an architectural duo known for their use of masonry construction and reinterpretations of historical motifs.

Synonymous with one of South America’s most popular beaches, this stone promenade is the work of a landscape architect known for using playful compositions to generate fluid spatial sequences.

Overlooking the Mediterranean Sea, this reddish-pink villa is the product of a series of disagreements between the architect and the client, a colorful writer.

Designed to showcase a novel filmmaking technology, this theater hosted the premieres of countless Hollywood films in the decades following its 1963 opening.

Located in the hometown of the Pritzker Prize–winning architect who designed them, this library and medical center represent one idiosyncratic strain of the postwar Metabolism movement.

This factory, built by a European car manufacturer in the early 20th century, was concieved as an elongated upward spiral from which completed vehicles would emerge on the building’s rooftop.

This shimmering tower owes its distinctive appearance to a unique multilayered facade that allows it to function entirely without air-conditioning.

This influential prototype kitchen was designed by a European architect who aimed to reduce the burden of household work on women.

This architect’s stark, unadorned housing complex in Southern Europe stood half-built for 30 years until it was finally completed.