50 Times Architects Outdid Themselves (New Pics)

Many things can shape a city—its culture, history, social life, or food scene. But perhaps the most distinctive feature would be architecture. Some buildings can completely fascinate you with their astonishing design and pure aesthetics. Through careful urban planning and understanding of the cultural background, the structure of a city can carry you through time while still leaving you in a very particular place.

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#1 Sun And Moon Pagodas In Guilin, China

50 Times Architects Outdid Themselves (New Pics)

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#2 The Shambles In York, England

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#3 Mont Saint-Michel, France

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#4 Osaka Castle, Osaka, Japan

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#5 Kyoto, Japan

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#6 Jewel Changi Airport, Singapore

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#7 Inner Walls Of Ta Prohm Monastery. Cambodia, Khmer Empire, 12th-13th Century

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#8 This 50-Foot Tall Statue Of A Native American Woman In South Dakota Titled “Dignity”

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#9 The 24 Year Old ‘Wisteria’ Cottage. This Beautiful Cottage Is Located In Inistioge, Co. Kilkenny, Ireland

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#10 Hungarian Parliament Building, Budapest

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#11 Chefchaouen, Morocco

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#12 Two 17th Century Half-Timbered Houses At Hohe Straße 18 And 19 In Quedlinburg, One Of The Best-Preserved Medieval And Renaissance Towns In Europe That Escaped Major Damage During World War II. Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

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#13 Athens

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#14 The Neuschwanstein Castle In Germany Looks Even More Stunning In Snow

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#15 Tree House, Singapore

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#16 Casa Batlo, Barcelona, Spain

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#17 This Is One Of My Favorite Museum’s Stairs (Paris)

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#18 Ruyi Bridge, China

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#19 English Country Garden Surrounding Asthall Manor, A Gabled Jacobean Cotswold Manor House Originally Built In The 1620s And Later Altered And Enlarged In The 1910s. Asthall, Oxfordshire, England

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#20 Evening Scene In Bremen, Germany

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#21 My Favorite Castle In Germany

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#22 Las Lajas Shrine – Built 1916 -1949 Designed By J. Gualberto Perez & Lucindo Espinosa – Nariño, Colombia

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#23 The Frog House In Bielsko-Biała, Poland

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#24 Tolbooth Tavern, Edinburgh / Sir Lewis Bellenden

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#25 Wooden Houses In Bergen, Norway

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#26 80 Metre Climbing Wall Built On The Side Of A Power Plant In Copenhagen, Denmark

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#27 Concrete Bench, Part Of The Santuario Dell’amore Misericordioso Complex, Todi, Italy (By Architect Julio Lafuente, 1953-1974)

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#28 Ornate Carvings And Solomonic Columns On The Stone Steps Leading To The Water In Varenna, A Town On The Scenic Shores Of Lake Como, Northern Italy

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#29 English Garden Of The Coton Manor, A 17th Century Country Manor House That Was Extended In The 1920s, Coton, Northamptonshire, England

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#30 Walzin Castle On A Cliff Overlooking The River Lesse, A Castle That Started Construction In The 13th Century And Was Restored Several Times Since, Namur, Wallonia, Belgium

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#31 Old Gatehouse In Northern Ireland

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#32 Kapaleeswarar Hindu Temple In India

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#33 La Casa Pàdua, An Example Of Catalan Modernism Architecture Originally Built As A Single-Family Residence In 1903, Sarrià-Sant Gervasi District Of Barcelona, Spain

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#34 Ghost Sculpture In The Castle Of Vezio, Italy

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#35 Stone House In The Small Village Of Tissington, Derbyshire, England

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#36 Architectural Juxtaposition In Clinton Hill Historic District, Which Consists Of 1,063 Largely Residential Buildings Built Between The 1840s And 1930 In Contemporary And Revival Styles Popular At The Time, Clinton Hill, Brooklyn, New York City

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#37 San Carlo Alle Quattro Fontane, Lugano, Switzerland

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#38 Concrete Turret Of The Félix Potin Building, A 1904 Art Nouveau Department Store With An Exterior Of Moulded Concrete Casts On Rue De Rennes, 6th Arrondissement Of Paris, France

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#39 Grand Central Terminal, NYC, The Sun Can’t Shine Through Like That Now Due To The Surrounding Tall Buildings. 1929

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#40 Cathedral Of Saint Mary Of The Flower, Florence

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#41 Imam Reza Shrine, Mashhad, Iran

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#42 Windows Of Paris

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#43 Sainte-Chapelle At Paris, France

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#44 Traditional Old Wooden Houses In Trakai, Lithuania

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#45 Snowy Evening, Oxford University

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#46 Old Bridge Over A Modern Road. Dublin, Ireland

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#47 Top Of Tribune Tower, Chicago Illinois

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#48 The Architecture In Some Older Power Plants Were So Unique And Ornate, This One Built In 1925 Was A Neoclassical Design Inspired By Roman Bath Houses. Although It Has Seen Better Days It’s Still Beautiful And Dripping In History

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#49 Cairo, Egypt

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#50 The First Of The Two Round Houses Constructed In Moscow 9-Storied, 936 Flats, Built In Late 1970s

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