50 Great MASTERPIECES of the World

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Iron Pillar @Delhi (~400 AD)

Kailash Temple @Ellora (~800 AD)

Dome of Florence Cathedral @Italy (1436);Ar.-Er. Filippo Brunelleschi

Menai Bridge @ Wales (1826);Ar.-Er. Thomas Telford

The Palm House @London (1848); Ar. Decimus Burton + Er. Richard Turner

Crystal Palace @Hyde Park, London (1851);Ar. Joseph Paxton + Er. Charles Fox

Sagrada Familia Church @Barcelona, Spain (1882 – date); Ar. + Er. Antonio Gaudi

Eiffel Tower @Paris (1889);Ar. Stephen Sauvestre +

Er. Gustave Eiffel

Flat-iron Building @New York City (1902);

Ar. Daniel Burnham + J.W. Root

Empire State Building @New York (1931);

Ar. Shreve Lamb & Harmon + Er. H.G. Balcom

Orvieto Aircraft Hangar @Italy (1935);Ar-Er. Pier Luigi Nervi

Gateway Arch @St. Louis, Missouri (1935); Ar. Eero Saarinen + Er. Hannskarl Bandel

The Skylon @London (1951); Ar. Philip Powell + Er. Felix Samuely

Palazzeto dello Sport @Rome (1957);Ar. Annibale Vitellozzi + Er. Pier Luigi Nervi

The Atomium @Brussels (1958);Ar. Andre Polak + Er. Andre Waterkeyn

Philips Pavilion @Brussels (1958);Ar. Le Corbusier + Er. H. Duyster

Sydney Opera House @Sydney, Australia (1959);Ar. Jorn Utzon + Er. Ove Arup

Olympic Arena @ Tokyo, Japan (1961); Ar. Kenzo Tange + Er. Mamuro Kawaguchi

Snowden Aviary @London Zoo (1961); Ar. Cedric Price + Er. Anthony Armstrong-Jones

McMath-Pierce Solar Telescope @Arizona (1962);SOM: Ar. Myron Goldsmith + Er. Alfred Picardi

John Hancock Center @Chicago (1965);Ar. Skidmore Owings Merrill + Er. Fazlur Rahman Khan

Geodesic Dome @Montreal (1967); Ar-Er. Buckminster Fuller

German Exhibition Pavilion @ Montreal (1967);Ar. Rolf Gutbrod + Er. Frei Otto

Cathedral of Brasilia @Brasilia (1970);Ar. Oscar Niemeyer + Er. Joachim Cardozo

Centre Georges Pompidou @Paris (1977); Ar. Richard Rogers & Renzo Piano + Er. Ove Arup

Lotus Temple (Bahai Temple) @New Delhi (1986);Ar. Fariborz Sahba + Er. Flint & Neill

Oriente Station @Lisbon, Portugal (1990);Ar. Santiago Calatrava

Torre de Collserola @Barcelona (1991);Ar. Foster Associates +Er. Ove Arup

Trinity Bridge @Manchester UK (1995); Ar. Santiago Calatrava + Er. Dennis Sharp

Petronas Towers @Kuala Lumpur(1996); Ar. Cesar Pelli +

Er. Thornton Tomasetti

The Eye (City of Arts & Sciences) @Valencia, Spain (1998);Ar. Santiago Calatrava + Er. Felix Candela

London Eye @London (1998);Ar. David Marks + Er. Babtie Allott

Lord’s Media Centre @ London (1999):Ar. Future Systems + Er. Ove Arup

Glass Staircases (2000);Ar. Eva Jiricna + Er. Matthew Wells

Millau Viaduct @France (2001);Ar. Norman Foster + Er. Michel Virlogeux

The Esplanade (Theatre on the Bay) @Singapore (2002);

Ar. DPA/Johnson + Er. T.Y. Lin

Krzywy Domek @Poland (2004);Ar. Szotyńscy & Zaleski

De La Plata Stadium @Argentina (2003);Ar. Roberto Ferreira

Bird’s Nest Stadium @Beijing (2007); Ar. Herzog & de Meuron + Er. Ove Arup Associates

Shanghai Financial World Centre @Shanghai (2008);

Ar. William Pedersen + Er. Leslie Robertson

Burj Khalifa @Dubai (2009);SOM: Ar. Adrian Smith

+ Er. Bill Baker

Palm Jumeirah Islands @Dubai (2009);Ar./Er. Helman Hurley et al

London Aquatic Centre @ UK (2011); Ar. Zaha Hadid + Er. Ove Arup Partners

Metropol Parasol @Spain (2011);Ar. Jurgen Mayer + Er. Arup Partners

Marilyn Monroe Tower @ Ontario (2012); Ar. MAD Studio + Er. Sigmund Soudak

Galaxy Soho @Beijing (2012);Ar. Zaha Hadid

Centre Pompidou Metz @France (2012);Ar. Shigeru Ban + Er. Arup Partners

Heydar Aliyev Centre @Azerbaijan (2012);Ar. Zaha Hadid + Er. ATK, Tuncel Engineers

The Interlace @Singapore (2013); Ar. Ole Scheeren + OMA

Ribbon Chapel @Hiroshima, Japan (2013);Ar. Hiroshi Nakamura + Ar. Ikuhide Shibata (Arup)

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