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Aronoff Center for Design and Art (College of Design, Art, Architecture and Planning), University of Cincinnati OH 1996 -- Peter Eisenman
Nationale Nederlanden Building, Prague 1996 -- Frank O. Gehry, Vladimir Milunic
Galeries Lafayette, Berlin Germany 1991-1995 -- Jean Nouvel

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Villa Dall'Ava, St Cloud, Paris -- Rem Koolhaas/OMA
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~ for Madame Lydie Boudet, a psychologist, and her husband Dominique Boudet the editor of a construction journal

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Wexner Center for the Visual Arts, Ohio State University, Columbus -- Peter Eisenman
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Bibilotheque Nationale, Paris 1996 -- Dominique Perrault

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Two Libraries for Jussieu, Paris 1992 -- Rem Koolhaas/OMA

Yokohama International Port Terminal, Japan -- Foreign Office Architects

AT&T Headquarters, New York NY - Philip Johnson (model, time_79.01.08)

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East Wing, National Gallery of Art, Washington DC - I.M. Pei

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Australian Parliament House, Canberra -- Mitchell Giurgola

Humana Headquarters, Louisville Kentucky -- Michael Graves

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The Palais des Beaux Arts, Lille 1990-1997 -- Ibos & Vitart
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Fondation Cartier, Paris 1994 -- Jean Nouvel

Congrexpo Grand Palais, Euralille, Lille, France - Rem Koolhaas/OMA

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Erasmus Bridge, Rotterdam - Ben Van Berkel

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The Museum of American Folk Art, New York -- Tod Williams, Billie Tsien
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Aronoff Center for Design and Art (College of Design, Art, Architecture and Planning), University of Cincinnati OH 1996 -- Peter Eisenman Nationale Nederlanden Building, Prague 1996 -- Frank O. Gehry, Vladimir Milunic Galeries Lafayette, Berlin Germany 1991-1995 -- Jean Nouvel	***
Villa Dall'Ava, St Cloud, Paris -- Rem Koolhaas/OMA ~ $485,000 ~ for Madame Lydie Boudet, a psychologist, and her husband Dominique Boudet the editor of a construction journal	Bordeaux [-]