Hotel Pelegrin
A modernist hotel destroyed in the 1991 Siege of Dubrovnik, left abandoned for decades before demolition began in February 2025.
Tricorn Centre
A boldly controversial 1960s Brutalist shopping complex designed by Owen Luder and Rodney Gordon, the Tricorn Centre became one of Britain’s most hated buildings before demolition in 2004.
Torres Blancas
A sculptural concrete landmark designed by Francisco Javier Sáenz de Oiza in 1961, Torres Blancas exemplifies Spanish Organicism in Madrid.
Perronet House
An 11-storey council housing tower block at the Elephant and Castle roundabout in London, exemplifying mid-twentieth-century urban housing design.
Red Road Flats
A bold mid-twentieth-century housing complex of eight steel-frame tower blocks in Glasgow, the Red Road Flats rose to 89 metres before their complete demolition between 2010 and 2015.
Edificio Colón
Barcelona’s first skyscraper above 100 metres, completed in 1970. This 28-storey modernist office tower marked the city’s urban transformation.
Heygate Estate
A brutalist housing estate in South London that provided homes to over 3,000 residents before its controversial demolition between 2011 and 2014.
Harbour Centre
A cylindrical tower crowned by the Lookout—a rotating observation platform that has anchored Vancouver’s skyline since 1977 and defined the city’s relationship with its landscape.
Collini Center
A 102-metre modernist residential tower completed in 1975, the Collini Center remains Mannheim’s tallest inhabitable building and a landmark of postwar German urbanism.
Superjednostka
Poland’s largest residential building at completion in 1972, Superjednostka is a 187-metre modernist tower housing 762 flats, designed by Mieczysław Król and inspired by Le Corbusier.