Federation Square, Melbourne
A striking civic and cultural space in the heart of Melbourne. Officially opened in 2002, it was designed by Lab Architecture Studio and Bates Smart Architects.
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A striking civic and cultural space in the heart of Melbourne. Officially opened in 2002, it was designed by Lab Architecture Studio and Bates Smart Architects.
October 9, 2010
Jørn Utzon’s modern classic. Completed in 1973, it is located on the site of a former tram depot.
March 14, 2010
At the height of the Japanese property bubble in the 1980s, it was said that the value of the land on which the Imperial Palace and Gardens stood was worth more than the whole of Australia.
October 19, 2009
Cows lounge in the shade of one of Jaisalmer’s beautiful havelis (private mansion), with their intricately carved sandstone walls and balconies. Rajasthan, India.
October 19, 2009
The Red Fort of Agra is an immense fortress-palace and was the seat of government of the Mughal Empire for much of its existence. It sits not far from the Taj Mahal, near the banks of the Yamuna river. Famously, it also served as the prison of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan, imprisoned there by… [Read more…]
October 19, 2009
The Tomb of Humayun is an early example of the Mughal style that would culminate in masterpieces such as the Taj Mahal. Herein lies the second of the Great Mughals.
October 19, 2009
The Inca settlement of Ollantaymbo was a focal point of Inca resistance during the Spanish conquest of Peru. The adjacent town of the same name is one of the most intact Inca towns still in existence, with houses, streets and drainage systems almost entirely unchanged from the time of the Incas, some five hundred years… [Read more…]
October 18, 2009
The ornate facade illustrates the so-called Baroque Mestizo style of church architecture found in the Peruvian Andes.
October 17, 2009
The pock-marked facade of the Pantheon. Its dome was the world’s largest for close to two thousand years.
October 17, 2009
The baldacchino and immense dome of the largest church in the world. St Peter’s Basilica and the Vatican Palace remain the ultimate symbols of the incredible heights of opulence, wealth and waste that the Roman Catholic Church reached during the 16th century.
October 17, 2009
One of the last masterpieces of classical Ottoman architecture, it is popularly known as the Blue Mosque, for the blue tiles on its inside walls.
October 17, 2009
Credit to I. M. Pei for his daring design and credit to the French for accepting it. Completed in 1989.
October 17, 2009
The Pont du Gard, ancient Roman aqueduct: The picturesque village of Gordes: Oppède Le Vieux: The imposing Palais des Papes in Avignon:
October 17, 2009
Formally known as the Queen Elizabeth II Great Court. Designed by Foster & Partners and opened in 2001.
October 17, 2009
Built between five hundred to a thousand years ago, the monks and hermits of the Greek Orthodox Church sought ever more remote and difficult-to-reach places from where to pray and contemplate. Hence their position amongst these spectacular sandstone rock formations in central Greece. Nowadays a sealed road links all the monasteries and they are as… [Read more…]
January 7, 2011
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