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Hagia Sophia — Istanbul, Turkey

 Byzantine Architecture 6 th century

 The best look at constantinople is a church turned mosque and now a
museum
 Dome upon dome construction
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2. The Guggenheim — New York City, USA

  Museum by Frank llyod wright
 One of the most unusual buildings
 Rows of limestone and glazed brick building over 5 th avenue and
approximately same height and then you came across this Building
Concept:
 leave unforgatable landmark
Description:
 From the front there is large two masses and a bridge that link between
them
 Tremandous kind of unity of form:The circle that repeats itself over and
over again

Note:
 There was an issue to build spiral museum out of concrete.

3. Taj Mahal — Agra, India

  Architecture of love
 Built entirely with white marble
 Stands on raised square platform forming Unequal octagonal
 The Taj Mahal is renowned for its Mughal architecture, although its style
combines elements from Persian, Ottoman Turkish and Indian
architecture
 Uses the interlocking arabesque concept where each elemtent stands on
it’s own and perfectly integrate with the structure
 Concepts of self-replicating geometry and symmetry of architecture
elements
 Onion shaped outer dome

4. Dancing House — Prague, Czech Republic

  Dancing House By Architect Frank Gehry, Prague, Czech Republic
 Known as deconstructivist (“new-baroque” to the designers) architecture
due to its unusual shape controversial at the time.
 The “dancing” shape is supported by 99 concrete panels, each a different
shape and dimension. On the top of the building is a large twisted
structure of metal nick named “Medusa”.
  The first is a tower of glass supported by curved pillars, the second is
characterized by the moldings that follow a wavy motion and distributed
through the windows so the non-aligned. This solution has been driven
mainly by a kind of aesthetic consideration:

5. Château de Chenonceau — Chenonceaux, France

Early Renaissance ,late gothic architecture style with a bridge over river Cher.

6. Niterói Contemporary Art Museum — Niterói, Rio

de Janeiro, Brazil

 The Niterói Contemporary Art Museum, also know as the MAC, was

designed by the famed Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer 
  Niemeyer claimed that the "field was narrow, surrounded by the sea and
the solution came naturally.”
 This “natural,” intuitive solution was an elegant, curvy structure that
rises from a water basin, creating an ambient sense of lightness and
allowing for full panoramic views of Sugar-Loaf Mountain and the
Guanabara bay.
 Although the MAC is often described as UFO-like, Niemeyer’s poetic
intention was for the form to emerge "from the ground" and "continuously
grow and spread," like a flower that rises from the rocks.
 The MAC’s unmistakable iconic form transformed “the city across the
way” into a landmark destination and resulted in a small-scale “Bilbao
Effect,” drawing visitors predominantly for the remarkable architecture.

7. The Pyramids of Giza — Giza, Egypt

8. Acropolis of Athens — Athens, Greece

 Ancient citadel located on a rocky outcrop above the city of Athens

 The temple of Parthenon
9. Centre Georges Pompidou — Paris, France

 Designed by Renzo Piano, Richard Rogers (museum ,library, music centre ,design centre)
 High tech architecture

10. The Gateway Arch — St. Louis, Missouri, USA

 Built to commemorate the westward expansion of the United States

 the Gateway Arch designed by Eero Saarinen
 became a futuristic marker that rose above the cityscape of St. Louis.