Architecture

Lloyd’s of London
Foyer of the Empire State Building
The Pantheon is one of the great spiritual buildings of the world. It was built as a Roman temple and later consecrated as a Catholic Church. Its monumental porch originally faced a rectangular colonnaded temple courtyard and now enfronts the smaller Piazza della Rotonda. Through great bronze doors, one enters one great circular room. The interior volume is a cylinder above which rises the hemispherical dome. Opposite the door is a recessed semicircular apse, and on each side are three additional recesses, alternately rectangular and semicircular, separated from the space under the dome by paired monolithic columns. The only natural light enters through an unglazed oculus at the center of the dome and through the bronze doors to the portico. As the sun moves, striking patterns of light illuminate the walls and floors of porphyry, granite and yellow marbles. (Source: Great Buildings Online)
Colosseum
Half-timbered houses in the city center of Quedlinburg
Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament
The futuristic Lloyd’s of London building
Lloyd’s of London
Lloyd’s of London
Lloyd’s of London
Projekt 30 St Mary Axe by Sir Norman Foster.
Lloyd’s of London
Projekt 30 St Mary Axe by Sir Norman Foster.
Lloyd’s of London
Airport railway station
Airport railway station
Airport railway station
Dome above the airport train station
Main Tower.
Frankfurt skyline on sunset
Liechtenstein University of Applied Science
Liechtenstein University of Applied Sciences
Liechtenstein University of Applied Sciences
Liechtenstein University of Applied Sciences
Liechtenstein University of Applied Sciences
Liechtenstein University of Applied Sciences
Liechtenstein University of Applied Sciences
Castle Neuschwanstein
Caste Neuschwanstein viewed from the Marienbrücke (Marie's Bridge)
A bronze soldier is keeping watch on the roof of Castle Neuschwanstein
Lower courtyard of Castle Neuschwanstein
Interior view of Castle Neuschwanstein
Guggenheim Bilbao
Guggenheim Bilbao
Guggenheim Bilbao
Guggenheim Bilbao
The fantastic exterior of the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao
Guggenheim Bilbao
Guggenheim Bilbao
Guggenheim Bilbao
Guggenheim Bilbao
Guggenheim Bilbao
Guggenheim Bilbao
Guggenheim Bilbao
Convention Center
Convention Center
Siemens
University of Applied Sciences Aschaffenburg
Colourful half-timbered house in Gelnhausen
Court House metro station in Washington D.C.
Library of the Liechtenstein University of Applied Sciences and the magnificent scenery of the Alps
Liechtenstein University of Applied Sciences
Liechtenstein University of Applied Sciences
Fantastic view from the cafeteria in the Liechtenstein University of Applied Sciences
Abbey of St. Gall
Abbey of St. Gall
Abbey of St. Gall
Duomo di Milano
Glas roof above Galleria Vittorio Emanuelle
Philippsruhe Palace
Werdenberg
This wooden building in Werdenberg is covered with religious intercessions
The Benedictine Abbey of Einsiedeln is a highlight of Swiss Baroque art
Pinakothek der Moderne
Pinakothek der Moderne
Pinakothek der Moderne
Entrance to the Pinakothek der Moderne
Pinakothek der Moderne
Pinakothek der Moderne
Bookshop in the Pinakothek der Moderne
Pinakothek der Moderne
Dome of the Pinakothek der Moderne
Pinakothek der Moderne
Pinakothek der Moderne
Gothic arch of Notre Dame de Paris
Palais-Royal Musée du Louvre
Foyer of the Musée du Louvre
Foyer of the Musée du Louvre
Foyer des Musée du Louvre with the spiral staircase
Foyer of the Musée du Louvre
Foyer des Musée du Louvre, view up to the glass pyramid
Elegant glass roofs cover the inner courtyards of the southern and northern wing des Louvre
Sculpture in one of the two glass-roofed courtyards of the northern wing of the Louvre
Elegant glass roofs cover the inner courtyards of the southern and northern wing des Louvre
Staircase in the lobby of the Musée du Louvre. Interesting is the elevator in the middle of the spiral staircase.
View through the glass pyramid in the middle of the Louvre
View through the glass pyramid in the middle of the Louvre
View through the glass pyramid in the middle of the Louvre
The large glass pyramid in the middle of the Louvre was designed in 1989 by Ieog Ming Pei and built on the order of President François Mitterrand. It now serves as the main entrance to the museum.
By night the Musée du Louvre is illuminated by thousands of small lights hidden in niches and protrusions of the baroque facade the magnificent
By night the Musée du Louvre is illuminated by thousands of small lights hidden in niches and protrusions of the baroque facade the magnificent. The large glass pyramid in the middle of the Louvre was designed in 1989 by Ieog Ming Pei and built on the order of President François Mitterrand. It now serves as the main entrance to the museum.
The Eiffel Tower by night. At the top is a revolving searchlight. The steel structure is illuminated by thousands of lights hidden between the bracings. The Eiffel Tower (French: La tour Eiffel) is the most recognizable landmark in Paris and is known worldwide as a symbol of France. Named after its designer, Gustave Eiffel, it is a premier tourist destination, with over 5.5 million visitors per year.
The Eiffel Tower by night. At the top is a revolving searchlight. The steel structure is illuminated by thousands of lights hidden between the bracings. The Eiffel Tower (French: La tour Eiffel) is the most recognizable landmark in Paris and is known worldwide as a symbol of France. Named after its designer, Gustave Eiffel, it is a premier tourist destination, with over 5.5 million visitors per year.
The Eiffel Tower by night
The Eiffel Tower by night
The Eiffel Tower by night
The Eiffel Tower by night
The Eiffel Tower by night
The Eiffel Tower by night. It is 300 meters (986 feet) tall, not including the 24-meter television antenna on top, and weighs 10,100 tonnes. The tower was the worlds tallest structure for forty years.
Amiens Cathedral
Amiens Cathedral
Amiens Cathedral
Amiens Cathedral
Amiens Cathedral
Amiens Cathedral
Amiens Cathedral
Notre-Dame de Reims
The interior of the cathedral is 455 ft. long, 98 ft. wide in the nave, and 125 ft. high in the centre, and comprises a nave with aisles, transepts with aisles, a choir with double aisles, and an apse with ambulatory and radiating chapels.
Notre-Dame de Reims
Notre-Dame de Reims
Notre-Dame de Reims
The Würzburger Residenz (= Würzburg Residence) is one of the chief works of the Baroque period. Prince Bishop Johann Philipp Franz von Schönborn commissioned the residence to 33 year old architect Balthasar Neumann in 1720. The building was finished in 1744.
Harvard University
Harvard University
At its lower levels the interior of the Sultan Ahmed Mosque (Sultan Ahmet Camii) is lined with more than 20,000 handmade ceramic tiles, made at Iznik (the ancient Nicaea). Its upper levels are painted. More than 200 stained glass windows with intricate designs admit natural light, today assisted by chandeliers. The decorations include verses from the Holy Koran, many of them made by Seyyid Kasim Gubari, regarded as the greatest calligrapher of his time.
Interior of the Hagia Sophia (Ayasofya)
Hagia Sophia is covered by a central dome with a diameter of 31 meters (102 feet), slightly smaller than the Pantheon's. The dome seems rendered weightless by the unbroken arcade of arched windows under it, which help flood the colorful interior with light. The dome is carried on pendentives-four concave triangular sections of masonry which solve the problem of setting the circular base of a dome on a rectangular base. At Hagia Sophia the weight of the dome passes through the pendentives to four massive piers at the corners. Between them the dome seems to float upon four great arches.
One of the four minarets of the Hagia Sophia (Ayasofya)
Entrance to Hagia Sophia (Ayasofya)
Basilica Cistern, turkish Yerebatan Sarnıçı or Yerebatan Sarayı
Dolmabahçe Palace
Topkapi Palace
Dolmabahçe Palace
One of the six minarets of the Sultan Ahmed Mosque (Sultan Ahmet Camii)
The kitchen of the Topkapi Palace spans to the right. Over 6,000 meals where prepared here daily.
Gothic sanctuary of Cologne Cathedral
Cologne Cathedral
Roof above the inner courtyard of the Berlin Sony-Center. The tent roof is supposed to symbolize the holy Japanese Mountain Fujisan.
Jewish Museum Berlin
Jewish Museum Berlin
Jewish Museum Berlin
The Pergamon Altar is a magnificent structure originally built in the 2nd century BC in the Ancient Greek city of Pergamon (also known as Pergamum; modern day Bergama in Turkey) in northwestern Anatolia, 25.74 kilometers (16 miles) from the Aegean Sea. The temple was dedicated to Zeus.
The Ishtar Gate shown today in the Pergamon Museum in Berlin was the eighth gate to the inner city of Babylon. It was constructed in about 575 BC by order of King Nebuchadrezzar II on the north side of the city.
The Town Hall (French: Hôtel de Ville, Dutch: Stadhuis) of Brusselsvon Brüssel was built between 1401 and 1421 by Jacob van Tienen.
Coal Harbour Seawalk
Coal Harbour Seawalk
Wellesley College Science Center
Wellesley College Science Center
Wellesley College Science Center
Newburyport
Newburyport
Main entrance of the Aachen Cathedral
"Imperial Cathedral" or Kaiserdom in Aachen
The cathedral obtained its present shape in the course of more than a millennium. The core of the Aachen cathedral is the Palatine Chapel; being surprisingly small in comparison to the later additions, at the time of its construction it was the largest dome north of the Alps. Its fascinating architecture with Classical, Byzantine and Germanic-Franconian elements is the essence of a monumental building of great importance: for 600 years, from 936 to 1531, the Aachen cathedral was the church of coronation for 30 emperors of the Holy Roman Empire.
Aachen Cathedral
Fine details of stone works of the chancel arch in Glendalough cathedral
Reconstructured inward-leaning wall of white quartz and granite around Newgrange
Reconstructured inward-leaning wall of white quartz and granite around Newgrange
Colosseum
Colosseum
Façade above the entrance of the Colosseum
Clock in the façade of St. Peter's Basilica
Arches above the right aisle of St. Peter's Basilica
Dome of St. Peter's Basilica
View from the right transept of St. Peter's Basilica to the main entrance. Above you can the arches of the central nave.
Left half of St. Peter's façade above the main entrance
Stairs going up to the main entrance of St. Peter's Basilica
Façade of St. Peter's Basilica
Above the attic of St. Peter's Basilica, thirteen statues (each about 5 1/2 meters tall) stand on the balustrade. They portray Christ, St. John the Baptist and eleven Apostles.
Basilica Iulia and the Palatine Hill in the background
The Basilica of Maxentius was the largest building in the Roman Forum
The Basilica of Maxentius was the largest building in the Roman Forum
Entrance hall of the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History
Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History
Golden Gate Bridge
Milwaukee Art Museum (MAM)
Milwaukee Art Museum (MAM)
Milwaukee Art Museum (MAM)
Milwaukee Art Museum (MAM)
Milwaukee Art Museum (MAM)
Ruins of the Limburg Benedictine abbey in Bad Dürkheim
Ruins of the Limburg Benedictine abbey in Bad Dürkheim
Bamberg Cathedral
Bamberg Cathedral
Schloss Weißenstein
Statue on the roof of Schloss Weißenstein
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