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Eight lesser-known examples of mid-century modern architecture



Atlas of Mid-Century Modern Masterpieces is a book of "landmark architecture" built around the world between the 1950s and 70s. For our mid-century modern series, its author Dominic Bradbury picks out eight lesser-known buildings that encapsulate the era.
Published by Phaidon, the encyclopedic book features 450 modernist buildings across all continents, many created by the period's trailblazers and others by more under-represented architects.
"We definitely felt that there was an important gap to be filled in terms of a comprehensive survey of the landmark architecture of the period and that this was the perfect moment for the new atlas," Bradbury told Dezeen.
Atlas of Mid-Century Modern Masterpieces curates "landmark architecture" from the 1950s to 70s While there are many well-known edifices in the book, there are some that remain more obscure. In this roundup, author Bradbury turns our focus to eight of these lesser-known buildings.
His selection aims to act as a representation of the era's architecture but also offer an insight into its "nuances" and how the style varied across continents, he said.
"One of the most important ambitions of the project was suggesting that mid-century modernism was a truly global movement that spread all around the world," Bradbury explained.
"There were many regional variations and nuances that evolved over time, especially during the late fifties and sixties as the International Styl...
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