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The University of Chicago’s conference center on the south edge of the Midway Plaisance. Above a two-story glass base, a tower of stacked meeting floors is clad in zinc on its sides and glazed to the north and south, facing both the campus and Woodlawn.

A pediatric inpatient unit at St. Louis Children’s Hospital, across from Forest Park. Its murals depict a trip through the park: children on bikes, scooters, and wheelchairs along paths, with tactile panels and seating nooks.

The Neuhoff District is a 1905 Nashville meatpacking plant converted into offices, apartments and public space. Two structures were demolished, leaving an amphitheater and a courtyard where the original concrete columns still stand. Crumbling stairs and catwalks were kept as ornament.

Garrison House is an intact midcentury modern house from 1956, cedar and stone under a flat roof with cantilevered eaves and walls of glass. The original wood paneling and built-ins survive, along with the copper hood over the wood-burning fireplace.

A 1969 community college building on the STLCC Florissant Valley campus, renovated to gather enrollment, financial aid, and advising into one place. A central assembly stair with wood seating tiers links the entry level to the dining and cafe spaces above.

The Obama Presidential Center is a museum and civic campus that occupies the north end of Jackson Park. The tower is concrete clad in New Hampshire granite, with canted corners and a concrete letter screen at the top. The campus also holds a forum, a library branch, and a gymnasium.