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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.
Need convincing? Let me introduce you to this subreddit page, an online community with more than 923K members. It is dedicated to sharing interesting architecture and some of the most eye-pleasing images of buildings you could find. If you wish to immerse yourself in other customs, traditions and the everyday life of the locals, this is the place to be.
Continue scrolling and upvote your favorite pictures! And if you're still in the mood for some more, make sure to check out Part 1 of this post.
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#1
Sun And Moon Pagodas In Guilin, China
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#2
The Shambles In York, England
#3
Mont Saint-Michel, France
#4
Osaka Castle, Osaka, Japan
#5
Kyoto, Japan
#6
Jewel Changi Airport, Singapore
Rajnish Dadarwal 4 years ago
What’s wrong with Singapore!? It’s like the 3rd time I am seeing an entry from there and all are freaking cool! ❤️
#7
Inner Walls Of Ta Prohm Monastery. Cambodia, Khmer Empire, 12th-13th Century
#8
This 50-Foot Tall Statue Of A Native American Woman In South Dakota Titled “Dignity”
#9
The 24 Year Old 'Wisteria' Cottage. This Beautiful Cottage Is Located In Inistioge, Co. Kilkenny, Ireland
#10
Hungarian Parliament Building, Budapest
#11
Chefchaouen, Morocco
#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
#13
Athens
#14
The Neuschwanstein Castle In Germany Looks Even More Stunning In Snow
#15
Tree House, Singapore
Groundcontroltomajortom 4 years ago
I love Singapore and how they integrate nature into their buildings, beautiful! Nature vs modernism.
#16
Casa Batlo, Barcelona, Spain
#17
This Is One Of My Favorite Museum’s Stairs (Paris)
#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
#20
Evening Scene In Bremen, Germany
#21
My Favorite Castle In Germany
#22
Las Lajas Shrine - Built 1916 -1949 Designed By J. Gualberto Perez & Lucindo Espinosa - Nariño, Colombia
Rajnish Dadarwal 4 years ago
Wow! Going straight to the list “Places to visit before dying” ❤️
#23
The Frog House In Bielsko-Biała, Poland
#24
Tolbooth Tavern, Edinburgh / Sir Lewis Bellenden
#25
Wooden Houses In Bergen, Norway
Joran Quinten 4 years ago
Have a very similar picture as this! Without the rain though, we were extremely lucky during our stay at Bergen. Went there by Bergen express from Oslo, one of the best rides I've been on!
#26
80 Metre Climbing Wall Built On The Side Of A Power Plant In Copenhagen, Denmark
#27
Concrete Bench, Part Of The Santuario Dell'amore Misericordioso Complex, Todi, Italy (By Architect Julio Lafuente, 1953-1974)
#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
#29
English Garden Of The Coton Manor, A 17th Century Country Manor House That Was Extended In The 1920s, Coton, Northamptonshire, England
#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
#31
Old Gatehouse In Northern Ireland
Groundcontroltomajortom 4 years ago (edited)
These are common around the UK too. Wealthy estates would have these houses posted at the entry to their land hence the name gate house. You would not be able to enter unless the gate master allowed entry. Many have now been turned into beautiful cottages/houses.
#32
Kapaleeswarar Hindu Temple In India
#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
#34
Ghost Sculpture In The Castle Of Vezio, Italy
#35
Stone House In The Small Village Of Tissington, Derbyshire, England
#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
#37
San Carlo Alle Quattro Fontane, Lugano, Switzerland
#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
#39
Grand Central Terminal, NYC, The Sun Can't Shine Through Like That Now Due To The Surrounding Tall Buildings. 1929
#40
Cathedral Of Saint Mary Of The Flower, Florence
Michael Fuhry 4 years ago
There's a fascinating book about the design and construction (and some of the politics surrounding it all, of course), called Brunelleschi's Dome.
#41
Imam Reza Shrine, Mashhad, Iran
#42
Windows Of Paris
Mimi La Souris 4 years ago
for me, one of the most beautiful door of Paris is at 29 avenue Rapp 75007 Paris (you can see it here, on the middle of the photo)
#43
Sainte-Chapelle At Paris, France
#44
Traditional Old Wooden Houses In Trakai, Lithuania
MagicalUnicorn 4 years ago
these are traditional karaim houses and they all have three windows facing the street on the ground floor - one for God, one for the host, and one for guests.
#45
Snowy Evening, Oxford University
#46
Old Bridge Over A Modern Road. Dublin, Ireland
#47
Top Of Tribune Tower, Chicago Illinois
#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
#49
Cairo, Egypt
#50
The First Of The Two Round Houses Constructed In Moscow 9-Storied, 936 Flats, Built In Late 1970s
#51
Gardens By The Bay, Singapore
#52
The Rock Of Cashel From Above, Tipperary, Ireland
#53
St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York City. Built In 1878
#54
1000 Year Old Shamlaji Temple, Gujarat, India
#55
The Bellevue Hotel In Philly
#56
Townhouse With A Double Staircase Entrance On Howe Street, Lincoln Park, Chicago
#57
A Water Mill From The 12th (The Bridge) And The 16th (The Mill) Century In France
#58
Building In Riga, Latvia
#59
Pool In The Courtyard Of Pink House, A Private Residence In Long Xuyen, Vietnam
#60
The Baroque Beauty Of Ottobeuren Abbey In Bavaria, Germany
#61
Guangzhou Opera House
#64
Yuyuan Garden, Shanghai, China
Kelli Lindsay 4 years ago
I feel like I've seen an action sequence from a movie in this place and I can't place it. Surely not, right?
#65
Cinéma La Salamandre, France
#68
The Striking Blue And White Entrance Of Smolny Cathedral, A 18th Century Elizabethan Baroque Style Cathedral Built As A Part Of The Smolny Convent Complex In Central Saint Petersburg, Russia
#69
Bürgerhus, A 1560 Half-Timbered House Built For The Hollenstedt Family Who Were The Council Members Of Hamelin, Lower Saxony, Germany. Refurbished Extensively In The 1980s
The Scout 4 years ago
Hamelin is a jewell of old architecture both medieval and renaissance. Although only counting about 60 000 people, it has become a touristical center of the Weserbergland region. This house is quite typical for the old town. Apart from some really nice views, the city is mostly famous for the legend of the pied piper, which is not only represented in a figure carillon at the old town hall, but also regularly celebrated with a musical ("Rats") since 2000. An actor is employed to represent the piper, offering city tours and appearing at official events.
#70
Leuven Town Hall, Belgium
#71
Pont Del Bisbe, Barcelona
#72
Fallingwater, Pa By Frank Lloyd Wright
#73
Front Steps To A Home In Charleston, Sc
#74
The Overgrown Ruins Of The 19th Century Gwrych Castle Located In Conwy County Borough, Wales, UK
#75
Manasija Monastery, A Serbian Orthodox Monastery Established In Early 15th Century And Surrounded By Massive Fortifications, Despotovac, Pomoravlje District, Central Serbia
#76
Overcliff Castel Built In 1892 In Yonkers, New York
#77
Kanwar Nagar, Jaipur, India
#79
University Of Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
#80
Tashkent Metro
#81
Seoul, South Korea
#82
Still Under Construction Project Valley, Zuidas Amsterdam
#85
Old Sugar Mill Converted To A Hotel, Guilin
#86
The Emporia: One Of The Biggest Shopping Malls In Scandinavia, Sweden!!
#87
House Nestled In The Trees, Costa Rica
#88
Pula Arena - Built Between 27 Bc And Ad 68 By Roman Empire - Pula, Croatia
#89
British Museum, 2017
#91
Eye Of Zhuhai, China (Architectural Design Of The Sales Department Of A Real Estate In Zhuhai)
#92
Home In Des Moines, Iowa
#93
Can You Guess When This Building Was Built? If You Guessed 2005 You Are Correct! (Frauenkirche In Dresden)
#94
There Are A Lot Of Modern Buildings On This Sub But This Is Just As Impressive To Me. Burg Kriebstein Near Kriebstein, Sachsen, Deutschland
#95
A House In The Centre Of Varna, Bulgaria
#96
A Bell Tower In Barcelona, Spain
#97
Bahá’í House Of Worship, Wilmette, Illinois, USA. Designed By Louis Bourgeois
#98
Šibenik Cathedral, Croatia
#99
This Brutalist Architecture In Ivry-Sur-Seine, France
#100
Glass House In Maryland
#101
An Organised Chaos Of Steel. The Eiffel Tower
#102
34 Gramercy Park East, Gramercy, Manhattan
J Robertson 4 years ago
For those that don't know. Framer you park is a private park for those whom live there. You can purchase a key but they're generally reserved for residents in the neighborhood.
#103
Prague, A Photographer's Dream
#104
Nurse Dormitory Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital - Plan Architects (2021) Aic
#105
Habitat 67, Montreal
#106
Arkadia Apartments, Designed In A Collaboration Between Dko Architecture And Breathe Architecture
#107
The Sentinel Building In San Francisco
#108
Chatsworth Apartments And Annex
#109
Circular Courtyard At Casa Uc, Mexico
#111
Beautiful Vancouver Island
albernistuff 4sale 4 years ago
Daughter getting married there next year. Have toured the place. Canada has very little like this, due to short history and lack of robber-barons
#112
Biosphere 2, Az
#114
Bachritterburg Kanzach: A Reconstructed 13th Century Timber Castle
#116
Sheats-Goldstein Residence: Los Angeles. Construction 1963. Architect: John Lautner
#117
Hanselmann House By Michael Graves In Indiana (1967)
#118
A 736-Meters-Long Building In Moscow (Research Center For Electronic Computing Technology)
Brandon Marlowe 4 years ago
I just know my parking place would be at one end and my office at the other.
#119
Walkway In Chonqing, China
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Korrie Broos 4 years ago
All these beautiful places to see and COVID is keeping us at our homes. TERRIBLE.
Gus Zan Zar 4 years ago
I missed Niemeyer's architeture in Brasilia. It's stunning. download-6...048028.jpg 
Sue Lynn Chan 4 years ago
I’m so glad that some buildings are still there to preserve the designs. Unlike the city where everything’s nothing but boring plain boxes
Korrie Broos 4 years ago
All these beautiful places to see and COVID is keeping us at our homes. TERRIBLE.
Gus Zan Zar 4 years ago
I missed Niemeyer's architeture in Brasilia. It's stunning. download-6...048028.jpg
Sue Lynn Chan 4 years ago
I’m so glad that some buildings are still there to preserve the designs. Unlike the city where everything’s nothing but boring plain boxes
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