• Jørn Utzon’s Sydney Opera House
• Hilario Candela’s Miami Marine Stadium
• Louis Kahn’s Salk Institute for Biological Studies
• Alvar Aalto’s Paimio Sanatorium
• Frank Lloyd Wright’s Robie House
• Ray and Charles Eameses’ residence ‘The Eames House’
• I.M. Pei’s Luce Memorial Chapel
• Max Berg’s Centennial Hall in Wroc?aw, Poland
• Dov Karmi’s Max Liebling House in the White City of Tel Aviv, Israel
• Le Corbusier’s apartment and studio in Paris, France.
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