June 2014 | Architechture

Architectural Bridge

George Washington Bridge

The George Washington Bridge is a double-decked suspension bridge spanning the Hudson River, connecting the Washington Heights neighborh...

Akashi Kaikyo Bridge

The Akashi Kaikyō Bridge also known as the Pearl Bridge , links the city of Kobe on the mainland of Honshu to Iwaya on Awaji Island, in J...

Baal's Bridge

This is one of the oldest bridges in the city. The current structure was built in between 1830 and 1831 and is a single-arched hump-back ...

Shannon Bridge

The Shannon Bridge is by far the newest River Shannon crossing in Limerick city centre. It was built in the late 1980s, and connects to a...

Architectural Bridge

Sarsfield Bridge

The second of Limerick's River Shannon crossings is now called Sarsfield Bridge, to commemorate Patrick Sarsfield, the Earl of Lucan, ...

Limerick's bridges

Thomond Bridge

The earliest bridge, Thomond Bridge, was built near a fording point. It was the scene of a failed defending of the city during the Siege o...

The first mosque in India

Cheraman Juma Masjid

Cheraman Juma Masjid is a mosque in Methala, Kodungallur Taluk in the Indian state of Kerala. The Cheraman Masjid is said to be the very ...

The Grand Mosque

Masjid al-Haram

Al-Masjid Al-Haram is in the city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia. It is the largest and oldest mosque in the world and surrounds one of Islam'...

Jawatha Mosque

Jawatha Mosque is located in the village of Al-Kilabiyah, about 12km northeast of Hofuf, Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia. It was the earliest mo...

India, Kilakarai, Tamil Nadu

Jumma Masjid of Kilakarai

The Old Jumma Masjid of Kilakarai , known as Palaiya Jumma Palli is the fourth-oldest mosque in the worldand the first mosque in India. ...

Lighthouse Mosque

Huaisheng Mosque

The Huaisheng Mosque , also known as the Lighthouse Mosque , is the main mosque of Guangzhou. Rebuilt many times over its history, it is t...

Mosque of the two Qiblas

Masjid al-Qiblatain

Masjid al-Qiblatain is a mosque in Medina that is historically important for Muslims as the place where the Islamic prophet Muhammad, lea...

Mosque of the Prophet

Al-Masjid al-Nabawi

Al-Masjid al-Nabawī (Arabic: المسجد النبوي ‎), often called the Prophet's Mosque , is a mosque built by the Islamic Prophet Muhammad ...

Saudi Arabia Medina

Quba Mosque

The Quba Mosque in the outlying environs of Medina in Saudi Arabia, is one of the oldest mosque in the world. Its first stones were posit...

The Venetian Las Vegas

The Venetian Resort Hotel Casino is a luxury hotel and casino resort situated between Harrah's and The Palazzo on the east side of th...

Architectural Building

Thehotel at Mandalay Bay

Thehotel at Mandalay Bay is a 42-story 1,117 room luxury suite hotel owned and operated by MGM Resorts International. It is located in...

Las Vegas Nevada

Luxor Las Vegas

Luxor Las Vegas is a hotel and casino on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada. The 30-story hotel, owned and operated by MGM Resorts I...

Garfield Building

Edwin S. George Building

The Edwin S. George Building , built in 1908, is located at 4612 Woodward Avenue in Midtown Detroit, Michigan, at the corner of Woodward...

Umaid Bhawan Palace

Umaid Bhawan Palace , located at Jodhpur in Rajasthan, India, is one of the world's largest private residences. A part of the palace i...

Imperial Palaces

Forbidden City

The Forbidden City was the Chinese imperial palace from the Ming dynasty to the end of the Qing dynasty. It is located in the center of B...

The Palacio Nacional

National Palace

The National Palace is the seat of the federal executive in Mexico. It is located on Mexico City's main square, the Plaza de la Const...

National Historic Heritage of Brazil

Palácio do Planalto

The Palácio do Planalto is the official workplace of the President of BrazilIt is located in the national capital of Brasília. The build...

principal workplace of the monarchy of the United Kingdom

Buckingham Palace

Buckingham Palace is the London residence and principal workplace of the monarchy of the United Kingdom. Located in the City of Westmins...

Palace of Versailles

The Palace of Versailles or simply Versailles , is a royal château in Versailles in the Île-de-France region of France. In French, it is...

Schwerin Castle

Schwerin Palace

Schwerin Palace or Schwerin Castle is a palatial schloss located in the city of Schwerin, the capital of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state, G...

Shaolin Monastery

Shaolin Monastery or Shaolin Temple is a Chán Buddhist temple on Mount Song, near Dengfeng, Zhengzhou, Henan province, China. It is led ...

examples of fortification architecture

Babruysk fortress

The Babruysk Fortress is a historic fortress in the city of Babruysk, Belarus that was built between 1810 and 1836. It is one of the be...

Fort Aurangabad

Lalbagh Fort

Lalbagh Fort is an incomplete 17th century Mughal fort complex that stands proudly before the Buriganga River in the southwestern part of...

Bahrain, East Riffa

Riffa Fort

Built as a fort during the reign of Shaikh Salman bin Ahmed Al Khalifa in 1812, while another source claim that it was built during the r...

Hero Fortress

Hero Fortress is the honorary title awarded to the Soviet Brest Fortress, now in Brest, Belarus (then part of the Byelorussian SSR) in 1...

site of the United States Marine Corps

Fort Montagu

Fort Montagu is a small fort of four cannon on the eastern shore of New Providence Island (Nassau) Bahamas. Peter Henry Bruce oversaw th...

Modern concepts of architecture

Sydney Opera House

The Sydney Opera House is a multi-venue performing arts centre in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Situated on Bennelong Point in Sydn...

National Congress Building

National Congress of Brazil

The National Congress of Brazil is the legislative body of Brazil's federal government. Unlike regional legislative bodies – Legis...

Houses of Parliament

Palace of Westminster

The Palace of Westminster is the meeting place of the House of Commons and the House of Lords, the two houses of the Parliament of the Un...

architecturally temple

Parthenon

The Parthenon is a temple on the Athenian Acropolis, Greece, dedicated to the goddess Athena, whom the people of Athens considered their ...

Tower of London

Her Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress , known as the Tower of London , is a historic castle on the north bank of the River Thames in...

Singapore's most popular bridge

The Helix Bridge

The Helix Bridge , previously known as the Double Helix Bridge , is a pedestrian bridge linking Marina Centre with Marina South in the Mar...

30 St Mary Axe building

30 St Mary Axe (widely known informally as " the Gherkin " and previously the Swiss Re Building ) is a skyscraper in London'...

Architectural work

Architecture

Brunelleschi, in the building of the dome of Florence Cathedral in the early 15th-century, not only transformed the building and the city,...

architectural Mosque

The Sultan Ahmad Shah State Mosque

The Sultan Ahmad Shah State Mosque is Pahang's state mosque. It is located in Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia. Source

Chicago's museum

Field Museum of Natural History

The Field Museum of Natural History, located in Chicago, Illinois, USA, is one of the largest natural history museums in the world. Read...

Atlantic hotel New Jersey

Bally's Atlantic City

Bally's is one of the largest hotels on the boardwalk with nearly 2,000 rooms. Two of its four hotel towers are at least 80 years old...

Florida hotel, Orlando

The Hyatt Regency Orlando

The Hyatt Regency Orlando is a massive convention hotel directly connected to the Orange County Convention Center near Orlando, Florida. ...

Fine architectural Building

JW Marriott Hotels

JW Marriott Hotels & Resorts , namesake of John Willard Marriott, Founder, Chairman & CEO of Marriott International is a luxury h...

beautiful Architectural Building

Vdara Hotel & Spa

Vdara Hotel & Spa , commonly known as Vdara, is a 1,600,000 sq ft (150,000 m 2 ) condo-hotel and spa located within the CityCenter co...

Circus Circus Reno Hotel

Circus Circus Reno Hotel & Casino is a hotel and casino located in Reno, Nevada, owned by MGM Resorts International. Circus Circus in...

Starwood Hotels

Sheraton Waikiki Hotel

The Sheraton Waikiki Hotel is a resort hotel in Honolulu, Hawaii on Waikīkī Beach. It was built in 1971 and is currently owned by Kyo-Y...

Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel

The Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel is a Sheraton hotel located in New York City near Times Square. It faces 7th Avenue, West 52nd S...

Architectural hotel

Riviera (hotel and casino)

The Riviera (colloquially, " the Riv ") is a hotel and casino located on the Las Vegas Strip in Winchester, Nevada. The hotel h...

Disney's Coronado Springs Resort hotel

Disney's Coronado Springs Resort is a resort hotel at the Walt Disney World Resort that opened on August 1, 1997. The resort is loca...