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Museum of Contemporary Art in Niterói, Rio de Janeiro by Oscar Niemeyer

Sea and sky: Renzo Piano's Kanak cases

Art Museum, Steven Holl Architects (Helsinki, Finland)

Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain by Frank O. Gehry & Associates

‘Stam was doomed to disillusionment with the politics of the countries in which he worked’

Thermal Baths in Vals, Switzerland by Peter Zumthor

Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly in Bhopal, India by Charles Correa

River and Rowing Musem in Henley by David Chipperfield Architects

The rest hut: pavilion at Kamiichi, Japan by Peter Salter

Building utopia: Stirling and Wilford’s Temasek Polytechnic in Singapore

The Bride of Denmark: The AR's private pub

Landmark link: Salford Bridge, UK, Santiago Calatrava

Chapel by Steven Holl Architects (Seattle, USA)

Cavern of life: Casa del Hombre, Corunna, Spain, by Arata Isozaki & Associates

Crafts Museum in Delhi, India by Charles Correa

‘The office complex in New Delhi by Raj Rewal appears as a fortress in the landscape’

Tea ceremonial: Tea house, Tokyo, Japan, by Arata Isozaki & Associates

Henri Ciriani's Antiquities Musem, Arles, France

From the archive: Woodworking School in Murau, Austria, by Ernst Giselbrecht

Wilkhahn Factory in Bad Münder, Germany by Thomas Herzog

‘An image of forcefully expressed structure’: Benetton Factory by Afra and Tobia Scarpa

Zaha's provocative pyrotechnics

Der Bundestag: Parliament in Bonn, Germany by Behnisch & Partners

Le Corbusier in the Sun