Architectural wonders that astonish the world, how many have you visited?
If you are a travel enthusiast, you have surely heard of the "travel bible" Lonely Planet. Lonely Planet is the world's largest private travel guide publisher, and recently it selected the world's most astonishing buildings, each one leaving people in utter awe.
The Basket Building in Ohio, USA
The building is located in Newark, Ohio, completed in 1997, covering 16,723 sq m and costing 32 million US dollars.
The Cube Houses in Rotterdam, Netherlands
The bottom of each cube is supported by a hexagonal shaft, which can be used for storage, building stairs up to the house, or opening a shop.
Each cube house is about 1,000 square feet, but the usable area is only 3/4, mainly due to the tilted wall construction of the cube. Inside, it is divided into 3 floors: the lower level is the entrance hall, living room and kitchen; the second floor has two rooms; the third floor is a bright, airy attic that can be used as a study or recreation room.
The Crooked House shopping mall in northern Poland
The Crooked House is an extremely irregularly shaped building located in Sopot, Poland, but you would never guess that it is actually a shopping mall, looking like a funhouse mirror, a bit dizzying and dazzling.
Villa De Layea, Mexico
The Casa Terracota House, built from mud.
Jaipur, India
A building built by humans in the early 18th century for observing astronomy.
The Niteroi Contemporary Art Museum, Brazil
The museum's exterior design is avant-garde, like a flying saucer that landed on a hillside, facing Rio and overlooking Guanabara Bay. With a white modernist form, the cylindrical structure is built right by the bay.
Pena Palace
A representative work of 19th-century Portuguese Romantic architecture.
Park Royal Hotel, Singapore
Singapore-based architecture firm WOHA has always been an advocate of green cities. In this beautiful garden hotel, tropical flowers and palm trees dot the sky garden, and there are green plants and a huge swimming pool inside.
The treasure ruins of a small town in southern Jordan
Located in the small town of Petra, Jordan, built in the 5th century BC.
The Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
A modern art museum located on Beaubourg Street on the Right Bank of the Seine, on the north side of the Latin Quarter in Paris, the capital of France.
The ancient Roman baths in Bath, England
A place where the ancient Romans bathed, entirely built of marble, with mosaic stone paving; there are murals, statues, and the implements are unusual too.
The Shah Mosque in Tehran, Iran
St. Basil's Cathedral in Moscow, Russia
Located southwest of Red Square in Moscow, the entire cathedral is composed of 9 chapels, and the main cathedral is about 47 m tall.
The Alhambra in Granada, Spain
It gets its name because it glows golden-red under the setting sun, and because the palace is on the Alhambra hill, it is also called the Alhambra.
The Wat Chaiwatthanaram in Thailand
The Bird's Nest stadium in Beijing, China
The Bird's Nest is located in the southern part of the central area of Beijing Olympic Park and was the main stadium for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. The project covers a total area of 21 hectares, with about 91,000 spectator seats. After the Olympics, it became a landmark sports building and Olympic legacy.
The Angkor temples in Cambodia
Known as the national treasure of Cambodia, it is the largest temple in the world and also the earliest Khmer-style architecture in the world.
The Borobudur Temple in Indonesia
Built roughly between 750 AD and 850 AD by the rulers of the Sailendra dynasty, who then ruled the island of Java.
Finlandia Hall in Helsinki, the capital of Finland
The Grand Lisboa in Macao, China
A casino hotel standing at the end of Lisboa Road in Macao.
The Habitat housing in Montreal, Canada
The Hang Nga Guesthouse in Dalat, Vietnam
The Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum in Japan
Established in 1958, located on the coast of the Seto Inland Sea, it was the main city center in the Meiji era.
The Jongmyo Shrine in Seoul, South Korea
Lincoln Cathedral in London, England
It is one of the largest cathedrals in England, and many of its surviving buildings date back to the 13th and 14th centuries.
The Millau Viaduct in southern France
The Shukhov Tower in Moscow, Russia
This tower is Russia's first radio tower, designed by Russian architect Vladimir Shukhov, and began to be used for radio broadcasting in 1922. Its structure is very special, a spiral double-curved form, with the tower body composed of a steel mesh.
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