Champlimaud Centre for the Unknown

In a prime riverside location, this giant, curving medical research and clinical facility, completed in 2010 from a design by Pritzker Prize winner Charles Correa, has become a pilgrimage site for architecture buffs. Its Darwin's Café restaurant is open to the public and has stunning river views, not least from its charming esplanade café.

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