New York’s most iconic modern architecture, mapped

From a Midtown apartment complex to museum buildings

When it comes to modern architecture, what New York City lacks in quantity, it more than makes up for in quality. The five boroughs don't have quite the same concentration of modernist buildings as a city like Los Angeles, but the gems we do have—works by Frank Lloyd Wright, Mies van der Rohe, and Gordon Bunshaft, among others—are some of the most impressive in the movement's history.

To take a deeper look at NYC's modern architecture, we turned to the experts at Docomomo New York/Tri-State, which works to "increase public awareness and appreciation of Modern movement architecture." The group stresses that this isn't intended to be a comprehensive list of the city's modern structures, but rather a list of buildings that "remind us every day about the importance of good design in making great urban areas." Let's take a look, shall we?