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Iconic Buildings

Gallery of Masterworks

Parthenon, Athens
Parthenon, Athens
The Parthenon
Iktinos & Kallikrates · Athens, Greece · 432 BCE
Colosseum, Rome
Colosseum, Rome
The Colosseum
Vespasian & Titus · Rome, Italy · 80 CE
Hagia Sophia, Istanbul
Hagia Sophia
Hagia Sophia
Anthemius & Isidore · Istanbul · 537 CE
Taj Mahal
Taj Mahal
Taj Mahal
Ustad Ahmad Lahori · Agra, India · 1653
Fallingwater
Fallingwater
Fallingwater
Frank Lloyd Wright · Mill Run, PA · 1939
Empire State Building
Empire State Building
Empire State Building
Shreve, Lamb & Harmon · New York · 1931
Guggenheim Museum Bilbao
Guggenheim Bilbao
Guggenheim Museum Bilbao
Frank Gehry · Bilbao, Spain · 1997
Sydney Opera House
Sydney Opera House
Sydney Opera House
Jørn Utzon · Sydney, Australia · 1973
Burj Khalifa, Dubai
Burj Khalifa
Burj Khalifa
SOM / Adrian Smith · Dubai · 2010
Louvre Museum, Paris
Louvre Pyramid, Paris
Louvre Pyramid
I.M. Pei · Paris, France · 1989
The Shard, London
The Shard, London
The Shard
Renzo Piano · London, UK · 2012
Angkor Wat
Angkor Wat, Cambodia
Angkor Wat
Suryavarman II · Siem Reap, Cambodia · 1150

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