Location: Kazanluk, Bulgaria This monument located on Mount Buzludzha is the biggest ideological monument in Bulgaria. It was completed in 1981, as a tribute to the 90th anniversary of the foundation of the Bulgarian socialist movement, which was established in a congress held at this location in 1891. North and […]
Gateshead Millennium Bridge
Location: Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom The Gateshead Millennium Bridge is a pedestrian and cyclist tilt bridge spanning the River Tyne in England between Gateshead’s Quays arts quarter on the south bank, and the Quayside of Newcastle upon Tyne on the north bank. The award-winning structure was conceived and designed […]
MuCEM
Location: Marseille, France The new MuCEM, Museum of Civilization in Europe and the Mediterranean, in Marseille, near the old port was designed by Rudy Ricciotti. Dedicated to the theme of the ‘Mediterranean’, the building, occupying an area of about 40,000 square meters, was designed as a multi-purpose container for cultural […]
Haludovo Palace Hotel
Location: Malinska, Croatia The Haludovo Palace Hotel is an abandoned resort hotel on the Croatian island Krk north of Malinska. The designer of the complex was Boris Magas. The construction begun in 1969 and lasted till 1972. The hotel complex Haludovo is an ensemble of various architectural typologies. The resort […]
Semperoper Dresden
Location: Dresden, Germany The Semperoper is the opera house of the Saxon State Opera Dresden (German: Sachsische Staatsoper Dresden) and the concert hall of the Sachsische Staatskapelle Dresden in Dresden, Germany. It was first built in 1841, by architect Gottfried Semper. The building style itself is debated among many, as […]
Helsinki Olympic Stadium
Location: Helsinki, Finland The Helsinki Olympic Stadium (Finnish: Helsingin olympiastadion; Swedish: Helsingfors Olympiastadion), located in the Toolo district about 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) from the center of the Finnish capital Helsinki, is the largest stadium in the country, nowadays mainly used for hosting sports events and big concerts. The stadium […]
Las Arenas
Location: Barcelona, Spain The Las Arenas bullring formally re-opened to the public on 25 March 2011 as a major new mixed-use leisure, entertainment, and office complex. The historic bullring, built at the end of the 19th century, fell largely into disuse during the 1970s due to the declining popularity of […]
Forth Railway Bridge
Location: City of Edinburgh, United Kingdom The Forth Bridge is a cantilever railway bridge over the Firth of Forth in the east of Scotland, to the east of the Forth Road Bridge, and 14 km (9 miles) west of central Edinburgh. It is often called the Forth Rail Bridge or […]
Checkpoint Charlie Museum
Location: Berlin, Germany The house at Checkpoint Charlie was designed by Peter Eisenman and built as part of the International Building Exhibition (International Bauausstellung or IBA Berlin 1987. The building was in the demonstration area of Southern Friedrichstadt. Its building structure at the corner of Kochstrasse and Friedrichstrasse defines the […]
National Congress of Brazil
Location: Brasilia, Brazil Oscar Niemeyer designed the National Congress during the late 1950s and early 1960s while he served as chief architect for Brazil’s new capital city, Brasilia. The complex is composed of several buildings.