inside detroit’s guardian building, even the route to the elevators was treated as a major architectural moment.
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a burst of stained glass transforms an ordinary east german stairwell into a field of color and light.
a storefront that looks like it was drawn by hand. even the glass seems to move. this is maison aux deux vitrines in jambes, namur, belgium, designed by belgian architect adolphe ledoux around 1908–1909.
a rare trace of persian architecture in yerevan. the minaret of the blue mosque rises above armenia’s capital, decorated with turquoise tilework and geometric patterns.
this shower looks more like a tiled cave than a bathroom.
a detail of the church of sant romà in lloret de mar, spain, known for its colorful ceramic dome and ornate tower details.
kindergarten wolfartsweier opened in karlsruhe, germany, in 2002.
this is the queen victoria building qvb a grand late 19th century shopping arcade where iron trusses stained glass and a soaring central dome turn retail into theatre.
peterborough cathedral’s nave ceiling is one of the great survivals of medieval europe.
crystal stairs or protocol stairs of dolmabahce palace, istanbul.
the statue of liberty during its 1984–86 restoration, when its copper skin and internal structure were repaired and its torch was replaced.
a pisa-inspired tower rises through the façade of this building in lahijan, northern iran. known locally as borj-e-pisa, the structure echoes the landmark's stacked arcades and slender columns between rows of modern windows.
created in vienna in 1985 by austrian sculptor gero schwanberg, die tragende hand, "the supporting hand," is a permanent sculpture incorporated directly into a building façade.
this 19th-century market hall remains an active commercial space. built during iran's qajar era inside kashan's historic bazaar, timcheh-ye amin al-dowleh was created for trading valuable goods, especially carpets.
paris has a metro station that looks like a jules verne submarine. arts et métiers was redesigned in 1994 into a copper clad riveted steampunk capsule complete with portholes that hint at gears and inventions nodding to the nearby musée des arts et métiers.
neo-manueline façade of the late 19th-century rossio railway station featuring two intertwined horseshoe portals, lisbon, portugal
san francisco city hall, a beaux-arts landmark built after the 1906 earthquake and fire.
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.
this is a façade detail from 11 rue vilain XIIII in ixelles, designed by ernest blérot in 1902.
it was built for beer, not burgers. located in melbourne, this heritage listed building was completed in 1937 to 38 as the uk hotel, designed by james hastie wardrop for carlton and united breweries, and it's considered one of victoria's finest surviving examples of jazz moderne architecture.
its sharply faceted exterior conceals a curved acoustic chamber inside. fifteen stonemasons assembled the 9-metre-high (30-ft) structure by hand, gradually corbelling each layer inward until the stone roof closed above them. most of the fieldstone was quarried directly from the surrounding site.
for nearly 1,500 years, the great buddha of bamiyan stood 55 meters tall in this cliffside niche in afghanistan. it formed part of a vast buddhist complex of monasteries, sanctuaries, and painted caves. destroyed in 2001, leaving an empty niche that today preserves the scale of what was lost.
completed in lucerne in 1821, the lion monument commemorates the swiss guards who were killed while defending the tuileries palace during the french revolution in 1792.
after years of delays, jeddah tower is rising again. do you think it will finally be completed?
stone pool is located at the foot of hotel excelsior in dubrovnik.
the 105 m2 home uses a low, extended tiled roof to shade the facade and reduce direct afternoon sun. at its center, an open garden brings daylight, natural ventilation and vegetation deeper into the house, connecting the living room, kitchen and bedrooms around a shared outdoor space.
