Architecture Pilgrimage: 9 great places

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Even if you aren’t traveling, you can visit nine great architectural wonders in Europe, Asia and the US,  thanks to Artsy. Just one click will take you to Alexa Gotthardt’s terrific roundup:

Fallingwater in Western Pennsylvania (Bear Run)  by Frank Lloyd Wright for the Kauffmann Family

One of Wright's great residential masterpieces. Left: courtesy Jonathan Lin via Flickr; right, courtesy Tsuji, via Flickr

One of Wright’s great residential masterpieces. Left: courtesy Jonathan Lin via Flickr; right, courtesy Tsuji, via Flickr

Hotel Rogner Bad Blumeau, Austria by Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Hotel and spa by Hundertwasser intentionalart via Creative Commons

Hotel and spa by Hundertwasser intentionalart via Creative Commons

Visionary architect Paolo Soleri’s Arcosanti

Never completed, Soleri's Arcosanti continues to attract followers of this visionary architect. Left courtesy of Sheldon Schwartz via Flickr; right, courtesy of traxus4420, via Flickr.

Never completed, Soleri’s Arcosanti continues to attract followers of this visionary architect. Left courtesy of Sheldon Schwartz via Flickr; right, courtesy of traxus4420, via Flickr.

Frank Lloyd Wright,. Courtesy of Phi Delta Theta

Frank Lloyd Wright, Courtesy of Phi Delta Theta

Green News Update also presents 10 recent architecture and design books selected by Fast Company’s Codesign, including fascinating new books on Frank Lloyd Wright, Philip Johnson, Marcel Breuer, chairs by architects and the history of chairs!