Palace of Assembly, Chandigarh

Le Corbusier, 1962. The legislature at the heart of Chandigarh, the planned capital India built for Punjab after Partition, seen here across its reflecting pool. The huge upturned concrete portico, curving like a gutter, shades the entrance from the sun and the monsoon rain, while the assembly chamber inside sits beneath a hyperbolic concrete tower that pokes through the roof. Construction finished in 1962 and the building was inaugurated in April 1964. It is the boldest piece of the Capitol Complex, which joined UNESCO's World Heritage List in 2016.