Explore architecture
by country

Start in Graz with buildings by Günther Domenig and Zaha Hadid Architects, then explore Domenig’s experimental forms at Steinhaus or the Bergisel Ski Jump in Innsbruck.

Argos, Graz.

• Graz
• Innsbruck
• Steindorf am Ossiacher See
• +1 more city

Discover the Intellect Bookshop in Ghent, where Flemish traditional and postmodern design meet. This small collection begins with a distinctive shopfront by Colette Van Vynckt and Denis Van Impe.

Intellect Bookshop, Ghent.

• Ghent

Explore Villa Tugendhat in Brno, a modernist home by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. This single-building collection offers a focused introduction to his approach to residential architecture.

Villa Tugendhat, Brno.

• Brno

Begin in Copenhagen, where the collection ranges from the expressive brickwork of Grundtvig’s Church to contemporary projects such as CopenHill, Mountain Dwellings and the Circle Bridge.

Cirkelbroen | The Circle Bridge, Copenhagen.

• Copenhagen

Explore London’s modernist and brutalist architecture, from the Barbican Estate and National Theatre to Goldfinger’s residential towers. Tate Modern adds a different perspective through the reuse of a power station.

Barbican Estate, London.

• London

Visit the collection’s Muuratsalo Experimental House in Jyväskylä, Alvar Aalto’s summer retreat and architectural testing ground. Its experiments with brick make this a particularly revealing introduction to his work.

Muuratsalo Experimental House, Jyväskylä.

• Jyväskylä

Begin in Paris with Art Nouveau, modernism and the Centre Pompidou, then explore Villa Savoye in Poissy and the postmodern housing of Noisy-le-Grand. The collection connects homes, museums and urban experiments.

Sculpture-Habitacles, Meudon.

• Paris
• Noisy-le-Grand
• Créteil
• +8 more cities

Start in Berlin, our largest city collection, then follow Bauhaus architecture to Dessau and expressionism to Potsdam. Modernist housing, sculptural churches and experimental civic buildings offer several paths through the guides.

Dessau Bauhaus, Dessau-Roßlau.

• Berlin
• Potsdam
• Weil am Rhein
• +11 more cities

Start in Milan with Monte Amiata’s housing complex and the Vertical Forest, then explore modernist churches and sculptural concrete buildings elsewhere in the collection, including Rome’s MAXXI museum.

Basilica Santuario Madonna delle Lacrime, Syracuse.

• Milan
• Longarone
• Napoli
• +4 more cities

Compare two different architectural experiments: Piet Blom’s Cube Houses in Rotterdam and René van Zuuk’s ARCAM architecture centre in Amsterdam. A compact collection spanning housing and a building devoted to architecture itself.

Amsterdam Centre for Architecture | ARCAM, Amsterdam.

• Amsterdam
• Rotterdam

Explore the Ilinden Memorial in Kruševo, a futuristic concrete monument by Iskra Grabulovska and Jordan Grabulovski. Its sculptural form makes this single-place collection a distinctive starting point for memorial architecture.

Ilinden (memorial), Kruševo.

• Kruševo

Begin in Warsaw with the compact Keret House, the University Library and modernist and brutalist churches. The collection also reaches Michniów, where memorial architecture offers a different kind of encounter.

Smolna 8, Warsaw.

• Warsaw
• Michniów

Explore Porto’s Casa da Música and Vodafone Building, then compare their deconstructivist forms with Lisbon’s modernist Gulbenkian Foundation and brutalist Palace of Justice. Two cities offer contrasting approaches to public architecture.

Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon.

• Porto
• Lisbon

Discover Hotel Panorama in Vysoké Tatry, a modernist mountain hotel by Zdenek Rihak. This single-building collection explores how bold geometric architecture sits within an alpine setting.

Hotel Panorama, Vysoké Tatry.

• Vysoké Tatry

Begin with modernism in Barcelona, then explore Ricardo Bofill’s housing in Sant Just Desvern and Calp. Madrid’s Torres Blancas and Bilbao’s Guggenheim Museum extend the collection’s interest in sculptural forms.

Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao.

• Barcelona
• Sant Just Desvern
• Bilbao
• +3 more cities

Look at an everyday building afresh through Parkaden in Stockholm. Hans Asplund’s concrete parking garage brings modernist and brutalist architecture to a practical urban structure—the focus of this small collection.

Parking garage Parkaden, Stockholm.

• Stockholm

Follow Valerio Olgiati’s minimalist work in Domleschg and Landquart, then explore Rudolf Steiner’s organic Boiler House in Dornach. Civic architecture in Lausanne and Mario Botta’s work in Basel broaden the collection.

Administration communale de Chauderon, Lausanne.

• Basel
• Domleschg
• Dornach
• +2 more cities