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Architects are strange people. They go to weird places for weird reasons The Maison de Verre, or house of Glass by Pierre Chareau in Paris, France is one of these places. The glass block facade allows for massive amounts of light but still affords total privacy. Although industrial in materials the building is delicate and in some ways Japanese in style because of the simplicity and honesty of construction. Quite a nice place, and a very unique gynecologist office and home. G

Palladio,who designed Villa Rotunda in Vicenza, Italy, may be one of the first modern architects. He played with structure and spatial definition in unique ways. The central space in this building is two stories high and also open to the outside. There are views to all the compass points. The inside is outside and there are four "fronts". There are no doors to enter the main space. Many of the details play games with structure such that, in its time, the building played with