They work so fluidly across geographic boundaries — regularly exhibiting everywhere from Milan to Miami, Brooklyn to Brussels — that it’s easy to forget that the design duo behind Objects of Common Interest are Greek, born and bred. (In addition to their studio in New York, they also keep an office in Athens, too). Today they’re offering Sight Unseen readers a history lesson in Greek architecture, compiling their ten favorite Modernist buildings around the country, some still in use and some gone (but not forgotten).

1. Villa Mache, Amorgos — Xenakis Iannis (1977)

(Pictured at top) “A very personal identity and visual aesthetic along the lines of modern architecture, but adapted to the unique landscape of Amorgos.”

2. Lycabettus Hill theater, Athens — Takis Zenetos (1964)

“A modern interpretation of the Ancient Greek theater. In lieu of the ancient carved-out geometry, its floating steel structure is placed within a manmade cavity in the manmade quarry atop Lycabettus Hill.”

3. Amalia Hotel, Delphi — Nikos Valsamakis (1958)

“One of the most characteristic and well preserved remnants of Greece’s modernity, from the heyday of Greek tourism in the 1960s.”

4. Porto Carras Hotel, Sithonia — Walter Gropius (1973)

“One of the few Brutalist complexes in Greece, and one of the first pioneering touristic properties in northern Greece.”

5. Xenia Hotel, Nafpilo — Aris Konstantinidis (1960)

“Xenia hotels all around Greece were an exemplary public hospitality program, but only a few properties were elegantly saved and remain in habitable condition. This one is abandoned and in disrepair (second image).”

6. Xenia Motel, Kalambaka — Aris Konstantinidis (1960)

“Designed by the head of Greece’s tourism program, the blending of modern architecture and the local Greek landscape still influences young architects in Greece, but it was a moment in time that now lives in memory, as the Greek government failed to preserve and save these unique structures.”

7. Asyrmatos Polykatoikia, Athens — Elli Vasilikioti (1967)

“This elegant structure — once a visionary social housing project — is still seen today wrapping around the hill of Philippapou.”

8. Arion Hotel, Vouliagmeni — Emmanouil Vourekas, Antonis Georgiadis, and Konstantinos Dekavallas (1963)

“A luxurious (at the time) hotel complex that, together with the Nafsika complex, featured then-unique modernist architectural elements of the era, and integrated commissioned artworks by Greece’s most renowned artists of the 1960s.”

9. Pefkakia School, Athens — Dimitris Pikionis (1933)

“A reference for the modernist movement of the 1930s In Greece, this school facility is uniquely built on a steep slope below Lycabettus Hill.”

10. Athens Conservatory, Athens — Ioannis Despotopoulos (1971)

“An impressive urban, large-scale building, it’s a unique example of the Bauhaus school in Athens.”