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Vidhan Bhawan(The Assembly Building), Chandigarh , India, 1955 designed by Le Corbusier

The most impressive part of the Assembly is the Assembly Chamber (Punjab Assembly), which is crowned by a massive hyperbolic tower, extending above the roof line and providing a sculptural & dramatic look against the backdrop of distant hills 128 ft. in diameter at the base the Assembly chamber rises to 124ft. at its highest point. --MIMOA

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Team Disney Corporate Offices, Orlando, Florida, USA, 1990 designed by Arata Isozaki

One of the world’s most recognizable buildings, this multiple award-winning design consists of two four-story wings connected by an iconic entrance and sundial.  -- HuntonBrady

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Museum of Wood, Hyogo, Japan , 1994 designed by Tadao Ando 

To celebrate the day of forest commemoration established by the emperor after the destruction of large forest areas during the second world war was commissioned Tadao Ando to design a museum. As part of the Japanese environmental strategy, the project seeks to promote knowledge and respect for nature.

The volume stands out for its design simplicity: put on top of a hill, a truncated cone of 46 m in diameter cylindrical hosts a vacuum inside it, emerging from the forest as a volcano in the middle of a green sea.

The figure is tapered dramatically crossed by a long pedestrian bridge that goes into the forest, topped in a small cubic viewpoint that has been rotated 45 degrees. -- WikiArquitectura

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Kyoto Concert Hall, Kyoto, Japan, 1995 designed by Arata Isozaki & Associates 

A walkway, along a Japanese style garden, leads to the Main Entrance. The floor in the circular Entrance Hall is done entirely in limestone imported from Florence.  In the center of the Hall twelve pillars, placed at regular intervals, represent the twelve zodiac symbols of ancient Eastern chronology, the ox, the tiger, the hare etc.

A gently sloping spiralling pathway leads to the Foyer and the two Concert Halls. -- ArcSpace

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United States Courthouse, Islip, New York, USA, 2000 designed by Richard Meier & Partners Architects

Visitors  ascend two wide tiers of steps and enter the building through a monumental 9-story, top-lit rotunda in the form of a opaque cone clad in white metal panels. -- architect's web site

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Mori Arts Center, Tokyo, Japan 2003 designed by Gluckman Mayner Architects

The Mori Arts Center occupies the top two floors of a 53-story office tower designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox. The 100,000-square-foot project encompasses the five-story Atrium Lobby, Art Museum, and Tokyo City View, an observation deck and promenade with panoramic views of the city. The Museum comprises 32,000 square feet of exhibition space, as well as a museum shop, restaurant-café, administrative offices and art handling spaces. A separate structure at the base of the tower provides a distinct and iconic entrance to the Museum.  -- architect's web site

... a glass-clad, freestanding element with overlapping glass panes, much like the scales of a fish. --  a weekly dose of architecture

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Tokyo Haneda Airport Second Passenger Terminal, Tokyo, Japan, 2004 designed by Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects

The new terminal features a large glass rotunda that serves as an iconic central gathering space for the entire terminal. A light-filled, unifying public space, the rotunda includes restaurants, retail, travel services and direct internal connections to the Tokyo monorail, the Keihin Kyuko Electric Railway and the airport’s West Terminal. From the top level of the rotunda, the public can access a large roof terrace with an observation platform offering panoramic views of the airport, the airfields and Tokyo Bay. -- architect's web site

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Canadian Embassy, Berlin, Germany, 2007 designed by KPMB Architects with Gagnon, Letellier, Cyr, architectes and Smith Carter Architects + Engineers

On axis with the main entrance in the central bay of the Leipziger Platz façade is the Timber Hall. This decahedral room, which is wrapped by a gently ascending circular stair, is the focus of the design and informs both interior and exterior spaces.  -- ArchDaily

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High School #9, Los Angeles, California, USA, 2009 designed by Coop Himmelb(l)au

The scheme, by Coop Himmelb(l)au, is often likened to torqued chess pieces—with a tilted, conical, freestanding library, clad in gleaming steel; rhomboid light chimneys projecting from the cafeteria; and blocky classroom buildings, punched with oversize portholes. But the project also bears the thumbprints of unremarkable beginnings. -- Architectural Record

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Croatian Bishop Conference Building, Zageb, Croatia, 2011 designed by Faculty of Architecture, University of Zagreb

The atrium around the internal courtyard accommodates the offices. The central area contains a chapel and a conference room whereas the east-facing residential area with a view of the park is located in the rear.  -- ArchDaily

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University Senate Center, Beer Sheva, Israel designed by Chyutin Architects

The Senate Center complex at the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev serves as the university’s administrative center.  The Senate Hall is shaped like an inclined cone, cladded with sandstone bricks, and stands apart, several meters in front of the main building, thus creating a tension between them. -- ArchDaily