The Sultan Ahmed Mosque is an historic mosque in Istanbul. The mosque is popularly known as the Blue Mosque for the blue tiles adorning the walls of its interior. It was built from 1609 to 1616. [Source]

Sultan Ahmed Mosque

The Royal Temple of Mengwi is one of the most important temples in Bali. Built in 1634 by a King of the Mengwi dynasty, this impressive complex stands on an island in a river, its inner temple surrounded by a moat. Its Balinese name Pura Taman Ayun literally means ‘Garden Temple in the Water’. [Source]

Amazing Pura Taman Ayun (Royal Temple of Mengwi) Temple

The Amazon river might not sound like a luxury destination to many, but with Aqua Expeditions’ latest creation you may change your thinking. Peruvian Architect Jordi Puig created this luxe vacation spot on a 147 foot long boat that accommodates up to 32 guests plus the crew. [Source]

Beautiful Floating Long Boat

Suspended between the two towers of Fusionopolis Phase 1 and supported solely on a mega column, Genexis Theatre is an experimental theatre that has won a presidential award for its design in 2009. Its modular seating can accommodate a maximum of 560 people. [Source]

Genexis Theatre

The Aiguille du Midi (3,842 m) is a mountain in the Mont Blanc massif in the French Alps. The name "Aiguille du Midi" translates literally as "Needle of the Noon" or "Needle of the Mid-day". In the brochure for its cable car the Compagnie du Mont-Blanc asserts it gets its name from the fact that it is to the south when viewed from in front of the church in Chamonix. [Wiki]

Amazing Aiguille du Midi

Saint-Sulpice is a Roman Catholic church in Paris, France, on the east side of the Place Saint-Sulpice within the rue Bonaparte, in the Luxembourg Quarter of the VIe arrondissement. [Source]

Saint-Sulpice, Paris

The Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II is the world's oldest shopping mall. Housed within a four-storey double arcade in central Milan, the Galleria is named after Vittorio Emanuele II, the first king of the Kingdom of Italy. [Source]

Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II

This museum houses the world's most comprehensive collection of works by the renowned Spanish surrealist. In addition to housing six of the artist's masterworks, it includes oil paintings, watercolors, drawings, and more than 1,000 graphics, plus posters, photos, sculptures, objets d'art, and a 5,000-volume library on Dalí and surrealism. There are free docent-led tours. [Source]

Dali Museum's Spiral Staircase

Castell Coch is a 19th-century Gothic Revival castle built on the remains of a genuine 13th-century fortification. It is situated on a steep hillside high above the village of Tongwynlais, to the north of Cardiff in Wales, and is a Grade I listed building as from 28 January 1963. [Source]

Beautiful Castle Coch

One of the beautiful architecture in it. Simply colorful and mind blowing architecture style and creativeness. [Source]

Great Houses of Havana

Aurland Lookout was designed by Todd Saunders and Tommie Wilhelmsen. We won first prize to in an invited competition in 2002. This project is part of a national program on tourist routes commissioned by the Norwegian Highway Department. The pictures actually say more than a thousand words. [Source]

Amazing Aurland Lookout

8 Spruce Street, originally known as Beekman Tower and currently marketed as New York by Gehry, is a 76-story skyscraper designed by architect Frank Gehry in the New York City borough of Manhattan at 8 Spruce Street in Lower Manhattan, just south of City Hall Plaza and the Brooklyn Bridge. [Source]

8 Spruce Street

The artist is known for his trademark sculptures made out of wooden planks. His installations are built to provoke reaction and to intervene in the daily life of passersby confronted with his sculptures. Quinze sees his installations as places where people meet each other again and start conversations. [Source]

Amazing Arne Quinze Architecture

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