Central Saint Giles, London
Central Saint Giles is a mixed-use development in central London. Built at a cost of £450 million and completed in May 2010, it was designed by the Italian architect Renzo Piano and is his first work...
View ArticleMachu Picchu, Peru
Machu Picchu is a 15th-century Inca site located 2,430 metres (7,970 ft) above sea level. Machu Picchu is located in the Cusco Region of Peru, South America. It is situated on a mountain ridge above...
View ArticleCube House, Netherlands
Kubuswoningen, or cube houses, are a set of innovative houses built in Rotterdam and Helmond in The Netherlands, designed by architect Piet Blom and based on the concept of "living as an urban roof":...
View ArticleStreets of Mykonos, Greece
Mykonos is a Greek island, part of the Cyclades, lying between Tinos, Syros, Paros and Naxos. The island spans an area of 85.5 km2 (33 sq mi) and rises to an elevation of 341 m (1,119 ft) at its...
View ArticleNavagio Beach - Zakynthos, Greece
Navagio Beach, or the Shipwreck, is an exposed cove, often referred to as 'Smugglers Cove', on the coast of Zakynthos, in the Ionian Islands of Greece and is the location of the wreck of the alleged...
View ArticleSaltaire Church - Bradford, Yorkshire
Photograph by Declan O'Doherty.Saltaire is a Victorian model village within the City of Bradford Metropolitan District, West Yorkshire, England, by the River Aire and the Leeds and Liverpool Canal....
View ArticlePink sunset at Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
Puerto Vallarta is a Mexican balneario resort city situated on the Pacific Ocean's BahÃa de Banderas. The 2010 census reported Puerto Vallarta's population as 255,725 making it the second largest city...
View ArticleWindow to the Sea - Porto Venere, Italy
Porto Venere is a town and comune (municipality) located on the Ligurian coast of Italy in the province of La Spezia. It comprises the three villages of Fezzano, Le Grazie and Porto Venere, and the...
View ArticleSarpi Border Checkpoint in Georgia
Architects: J. Mayer H. ArchitectsLocation: Sarpi, GeorgiaClient: Ministry of Finance of GeorgiaProject Team: Juergen Mayer H., Jesko Malkolm Johnsson-Zahn, Christoph EmenlauerProject Year:...
View ArticleRousanou Monastery - Meteora, Greece
The Holy Monastery of Rousanou/St. Barbara was founded in the middle of 16th century and decorated in 1560.The Metéora is one of the largest and most important complexes of Eastern Orthodox monasteries...
View ArticleSaint Sebastian Church - Ramsau, Germany
Ramsau is a German municipality in the Bavarian Alps with a population of around 1,800. It is located in the district of Berchtesgadener Land in Bavaria, close to the border with Austria, 35 km south...
View ArticleSpring in Conservatory Garden - Central Park, NYC
The Conservatory Garden is the only formal garden in Central Park, New York City. Comprising 6 acres (24,000 m2), it takes its name from a conservatory that stood on the site from 1898 to 1934. The...
View ArticleTiber River flowing through Vatican City
The Tiber is the third-longest river in Italy, rising in the Apennine Mountains in Emilia-Romagna and flowing 406 kilometres (252 mi) through Umbria and Lazio to the Tyrrhenian Sea. It drains a basin...
View ArticleThe Rings of Moray, Peru
Moray is an archaeological site in Peru approximately 50 km (31 mi) northwest of Cuzco on a high plateau at about 3500 m (11,500 ft) and just west of the village of Maras. The site contains unusual...
View ArticleSunset in Venice, Italy
Venice is one of the most important tourist destinations in the world for its celebrated art and architecture. The city has an average of 50,000 tourists a day (2007 estimate). In 2006, it was the...
View ArticleAlberta National Park, Canada
The origin of Canadian National Parks lies in Alberta, where in 1885, with creation of the Banff National Park the foundation for Canadian National Parks was laid.Waterton, Elk Island (1913) and Wood...
View ArticleBodleian Library, Oxford
The Bodleian Library, the main research library of the University of Oxford, is one of the oldest libraries in Europe, and in Britain is second in size only to the British Library with over 11 million...
View ArticleFingal's Cave, Scotland
Fingal's Cave is a sea cave on the uninhabited island of Staffa, in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland, part of a National Nature Reserve owned by the National Trust for Scotland. It is formed entirely...
View ArticleBurj Khalifa from Top, Dubai
Burj Khalifa, known as Burj Dubai prior to its inauguration, is a skyscraper in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and is the tallest man-made structure in the world, at 829.8 m (2,722 ft).Construction began...
View ArticleFrozen Montmorency Falls - Quebec, Canada
The Montmorency Falls are a large waterfall on the Montmorency River in Quebec, Canada. The falls are located on the boundary between the borough of Beauport, Quebec City, and Boischatel, about 12 km...
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