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1 Landmark Architecture
Around the world, new sculptural marvels in architecture are imagined, designed, and built every year

2 Guggenheim Museum, NYC The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, often referred to as The Guggenheim, is an art museum located at 1071 Fifth Avenue on the corner of East 89th Street in the Upper East Side neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City

3 The Eiffel Tower is an iron lattice tower located on the Champ de Mars in Paris, France. It was named after the engineer Alexandre Gustave Eiffel, whose company designed and built the tower.   Opened March 31, 1889 Height: 984' Architects:  Gustave Eiffel, Stephen Sauvestre

4 The Atomium (Brussels) The Atomium is a building in Brussels originally constructed for Expo 58, the 1958 Brussels World's Fair. Designed by the engineer André Waterkeyn and architects André and Jean Polak, it stands 102 m tall.

5 Architect: Anish Kapoor
The ArcelorMittal Orbit is a metre tall sculpture and observation tower in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in Stratford, London Architect: Anish Kapoor

6 Temple of Heaven, Beijing
The Temple of Heaven, literally the Altar of Heaven, is a medieval complex of religious buildings situated in the southeastern part of central Beijing

7 Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao
Hailed as the most important structure of its time when it opened in 1997, Frank Gehry’s Guggenheim Museum Bilbao has changed the way people think about museums and continues to challenge assumptions about the connections between art, architecture, and collecting.

8 The Lotus Building, Wujin, China
Blooming out of an artificial lake at the center of Wujin, in China, is “The Lotus Building” designed and built by Australian architecture firm Studio 505. The beautiful building takes its name and form from the blooming lotus flower, and shows the three stages of the flower from the new young bud, to the full ripe flower through to the opened bloom with a seed pod within it.

9 Metropolitan Cathedral, Brasilia, Brazil

10 Olympic Stadium, Montreal
The Olympic Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Canada, located at Olympic Park in the Hochelaga-Maisonneuve district of Montreal, Quebec

11 Lyon-Saint Exupery Airport, France
Lyon–Saint-Exupéry Airport, formerly known as Lyon Satolas Airport, is the international airport of Lyon, the third-biggest city in France and an important transport facility for the entire Rhône-Alpes region

12 The Royal Pavilion Brighton, England
The Royal Pavilion is a former royal residence located in Brighton, England, United Kingdom. It was built in three stages, beginning in 1787, as a seaside retreat for George, Prince of Wales, who became the Prince Regent in 1811

13 Sagrada Familia, Barcelona, Spain
The Basílica i Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Família is a large Roman Catholic church in Barcelona, Catalonia, designed by Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí.

14 Sleeping Beauty Castle, Disneyland
Sleeping Beauty Castle is the fairy tale structure castle at the center of Disneyland Park, Hong Kong Disneyland and Disneyland Paris. It is based on the late-19th century Neuschwanstein Castle in Bavaria, Germany, with some French inspirations.

15 St. Basil’s Cathedral, Moscow
The Cathedral of Vasily the Blessed, commonly known as Saint Basil's Cathedral, is a church in Red Square in Moscow, Russia.

16 Opera House, Sydney, Australia
Identified as one of the 20th century's most distinctive buildings and one of the most famous performing arts centres in the world

17 The Space Needle, Seattle
The Space Needle is an observation tower in Seattle, Washington, a landmark of the Pacific Northwest, and an icon of Seattle. It was built in the Seattle Center for the 1962 World's Fair


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