In the early 1980s, architects were looking for an alternative to the cold and inhuman style of modernism, and they gravitated toward what's now known as postmodernism.
By showcasing contemporary works like that of Indian artist Nasreen Mohamedi, visitors will begin to see the Met as more than just an exhibitor of Egyptian tombs and historical artifacts.
David Heathcote, an architectural historian, predicts that as the best modernist buildings reach an age at which they need restoration, architects will have to forge closer links with salvage firms.
La Sagrada Familia was designed by renowned Catalan architect Antoni Gaudi, a modernist artist who also designed many eye-catching, unique and eccentric buildings and parks in Barcelona.
Upstream, in the shadow of the modernist Ministry of Finance, the Port de Bercy and its former warehouses were once the country's wine-distribution centre.