30 amazing architectural masterpieces of all time (31 photos)
For those who truly love architecture, it is very difficult: to enjoy the beauty of unique buildings, you need to go where they are located. Then the effect will be complete! Well, when the opportunity there is no travel to different parts of the globe, and the craving for architectural marvels, will save the Reddit community with a memorable called ArchitecturePorn.
This is a large online community (it has more than 1.4 million participants) will provide an opportunity to admire the intricate historical structures and exquisitely complex buildings from the comfort of your home.
1. The lobby of the Antwerp Central Station, Belgium. Designed by Louis Delacenceri. 1905
2. The ceiling of the Imam Mosque, Isfahan, Iran
3. The 600-year-old clock in Prague is the oldest astrological clock in the world still working.
4. Paris Court Gallery, Budapest, Hungary. The building was built in 1910
5. Singapore Changi Airport
6. Art Nouveau: Casa Batlló on Passeig de Gracia, architect Antonio Gaudí
7. Patrick's Gate, Jaipur, India
8. Chateau de Chenonceau is the most unique and beautiful of the castles of the Loire. France
9. Roman aqueduct casting a shadow over the old town of Segovia, Spain
10. Meenakshi Amman Temple, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India
11. Jami Mosque (Friday Mosque) in Isfahan, Iran
12. Asamkirche - baroque church in Munich, built from 1733 to 1746 by a pair of brothers as a private family church
13. Hoechst Technical Office Building, Frankfurt-Hoechst, designed by Peter Behrens
14. Palais Des Congres De Montreal (Montreal Convention Center)
15. Gruntvig Church, Copenhagen
16. Alwyn Court Apartment Building, New York
17. Rose Cottage, an 18th-century thatched cottage in small village of Honington, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England
18. Anmyeonam Shrine, shrouded in sea mist, overlooking the bay Cheongsu, Anmyeong Island, Taean County, South Chungcheong Province, South Korea
19. Puente Nuevo ("New Bridge") - 18th century bridge 98 m high across the Guadalevín River in the city of Ronda in the Andalusian province of Malaga, Spain
20. 18th Century Gothic Revival: Inverary Castle near Inverary, Argyll and Bute, West of Scotland
21. Stone cottage in Elterwater, a small village in the Lake District, Cumbria, England
22. Victorian house in Mathavan, New Jersey, USA
23. Tiffany glass ceiling, Grand Hotel Ciudad de Mexico. Art Nouveau, built between 1895 and 1899
24. Frauenkirche (Church of Our Lady), Dresden, Germany
25. Traditional architecture, Mykonos, Greece
26. Osaka Castle, Japan
27. Fairmont Le Château Frontenac, Quebec, Canada
28. Temple of the Sacred Heart, Barcelona, Spain
29. Museum of the History of Tamashaga-e Zaman, Tehran, Iran
30. Agra Fort, India: Mughal fortress in red sandstone of the 16th century, combining Hindu and Islamic architecture