Questions tagged [architecture]
Visiting buildings and structures of any type on your travels. For world famous structures there is also the "landmarks" tag. Certain kinds of buildings and certain specific buildings also have their own tags.
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Are there other places with wind tunnel "wings"?
On a recent visit to Leeds I experienced and learned about the history of the wind tunnel effect from Leeds' tallest building Bridgewater Place and the remediation the council have put in place to ...
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Seeing the Chicago Board of Trade
I'll be in Chicago from July 28 - Aug 3 and I'd like to see the Chicago Board of Trade. According to https://www.architecture.org/experience-caf/tours/detail/chicago-board-of-trade-building/ there's a ...
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Where is this solitary building with a town and mountains in the background behind a valley?
This is an image from the LG TV screen saver. Does anyone have any idea where this place is?
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Which wall is this? [duplicate]
I saw this lockscreen wallpaper in my windows 10 laptop.
Only thing i could understand was that this is in Rome, Italy.
No name was given with the info.
A google search on walls in Rome didn't provide ...
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Tegelbergbahn Tickets
I'll be visiting the Neuschwanstein Castle later this year, and I'd like to take a ride on this tegelbergbahn toboggan close to the castle:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-e_F0wodyk
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Where were these castle pictures from WW II taken?
I have four pictures taken during WWII but one of them isn't so great, although it does seem to show a tall tower within the building somewhere (added this pic--view from hill in back of castle). My ...
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Where in Shiraz, Iran can I find "The Pause"?
I'm looking for (the exact location of) this project:
http://iranian-architect.ir/project-0214
The architect is Amir Hossein Ashari. It's somewhere in the city of Shiraz, Iran and is built in 2017.
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Tokyo Tower's illumination changes almost daily to celebrate something. How to know what?
Tokyo Tower's illumination changes almost daily to celebrate various events:
A soccer game in which the Japanese team is playing.
The visit of a foreign president.
Support for a tragedy somewhere in ...
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In which city is this building with the inscription "domus dei et porta coeli"?
Can anyone let me know where this was taken please?
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What is this building in Bilbao?
I was in Bilbao last week and I saw this building that seemed out of place with its surroundings. It looked abandoned (broken windows, graffiti) but very imposing. And it probably had a great view.
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Are there interior guided tours of the Seven Sisters?
The Seven Sisters (Stalinskie Vysotki) are a set of seven famous Moscow skyscrapers built in the Stalinist style. Apart from the Galina Ulanova Museum in the Kotelnicheskaya Embankment Building, are ...
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Identify the building in this picture
Does anyone know what building is shown in the picture below?
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Where do I find this building in Tbilisi, Georgia?
I'm looking for this place in Tbilisi. Does anyone recognise this and can point me to the right way?
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