[Misc] The Worlds most impressive Buildings

[Bold Seagull]

Heartbreaking that this beautiful building may well be lost...

 

[Norman Potting]

Surprised this rather bonkers structure hasn't appeared yet.

 

[Albion my Albion]

Anybody know this one?

 

[The Spanish]

Surprised this rather bonkers structure hasn't appeared yet.

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it has

 

[LowKarate]

One of the best I've been in:-

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Me too.

The lifts and the viewing deck at the top are on the snug side.

 

[LowKarate]

Surprised this rather bonkers structure hasn't appeared yet.

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For a beach hut, it is quite fancy.

 

[brakespear]

Surprised this rather bonkers structure hasn't appeared yet.

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the (rather lovely) inside of it has.

 

[brakespear]

Himeji Castle

 

[Raleigh Chopper]

I love Art Deco so I think The Empire State Building is a wonderful building.
Previous poster mentioned St Pancras station and it is a wonderful building now that it is renovated, but as far as stations go, Grand Central Station NYC is fabulous. I only popped in for an quick look but stayed for over an hour gawping at the architecture and popped in to one of the outlets for a pizza and beer.
And I love the way the yanks still use "All Aboard".

 

[Lady Whistledown]

Totally this. Visited it four times while living in India and accompanying guests. It was still jaw dropping every single time.

The Taj Mahal is the most breathtaking building I've ever seen. If you've only seen photos, it's hard to appreciate all the tiny intricate details set into the marble. It is an absolute wonder, at any time of day. The entire day we were there, every time I turned away, when I turned back and glimpsed it again, I was still blown away, every single time.


I'd also vote for the temples at Angkor in Cambodia. Like the Taj Mahal, they look impressive enough in pictures, but when you see them close up, every square inch is carved with incredible detail: animals, warriors, battles, gods and so on. It's insane that they were able to do such things without the sort of tools or mechanisation modern man would use.

 

[Lady Whistledown]

Anybody know this one?

No but it says Legacy and Silver something on the front, therefore I'm guessing it's some sort of casino.

 

[Brok]

Anybody know this one?

Photoshop, surely. And it looks horrible IMO.

 

[Marty McFly]

The Taj Mahal is the most breathtaking building I've ever seen. If you've only seen photos, it's hard to appreciate all the tiny intricate details set into the marble. It is an absolute wonder, at any time of day. The entire day we were there, every time I turned away, when I turned back and glimpsed it again, I was still blown away, every single time.


I'd also vote for the temples at Angkor in Cambodia. Like the Taj Mahal, they look impressive enough in pictures, but when you see them close up, every square inch is carved with incredible detail: animals, warriors, battles, gods and so on. It's insane that they were able to do such things without the sort of tools or mechanisation modern man would use.

Interesting smell there, too...

 

[BN9 BHA]

Number 1 Royal Crescent, Bath, is pretty impressive.
The whole of Royal Crescent is nice but obviously it's many houses, flats and a hotel rather than one building.

 

[ATFC Seagull]

Moscow State University.

 

[Winker]

The pyramids were built thousands of years ago, no arguably about it. Also their technology was way inferior to what we have now.

There's always one.

The pyramids of Giza were built 12,000 years ago by a civilisation currently unknown, but there's always someone who will believe they were built by the pharoahs. But as I said, that would be a whole new thread.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Milau Viaduct.

 

[darkwolf666]

Sagrada Familia

Be nice when it’s finished

 

[darkwolf666]

Totally this. Visited it four times while living in India and accompanying guests. It was still jaw dropping every single time.

I still have a similar regard for Canterbury Cathedral now I come to think of it. It has the power to overcome the curmudgeonly atheist in me.

Not at the moment though, covered in bloody scaffolding and plastic...

 

[darkwolf666]

Photoshop, surely. And it looks horrible IMO.

Yep, too many artificial HDR pictures here...