Burj Al Arab, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Burj Al Arab is a luxury hotel located in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, at 321 m (1,053 ft) it is the fourth tallest hotel in the world. Burj Al Arab stands on an artificial island 280 m (920 ft) out from Jumeirah beach, and is connected to the mainland by a private curving bridge. The … Read more

White House, Washington, United States

The White House is the official residence and principal workplace of the President of the United States. The White House was based on the project of Villa Rotunda by Palladio. It is Renaissance or neoclassical Greek Revival in America, which was designed and built by George Washington in 1790. James Hoban’s Irish architect who designed … Read more

Burj Khalifa, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Burj Khalifa, known as Burj Dubai prior to its inauguration, is a skyscraper in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and is currently the tallest manmade structure in the world, at 829.84 m (2,723 ft). Construction began on 21 September 2004, with the exterior of the structure completed on 1 October 2009. The building officially opened on … Read more

Hagia Sophia, Istanbul, Turkey

Hagia Sophia is a former Orthodox patriarchal basilica, later a mosque, and now a museum in Istanbul, Turkey. From the date of its dedication in 360 until 1453, it served as the Greek Patriarchal cathedral of Constantinople, except between 1204 and 1261, when it was converted to a Roman Catholic cathedral under the Latin Patriarch … Read more

Willis Tower, Chicago, Illinois

The Willis Tower (formerly named the Sears Tower) is a 108-story, 1,451-foot (442 m) skyscraper in Chicago, Illinois, at the time of its completion in 1973, it was the tallest building in the world, surpassing the World Trade Center towers in New York, and it held this rank for nearly 25 years. The Willis Tower … Read more

Bering Strait Bridge, Russia, Alaska

Bering Strait bridge is a hypothetical bridge spanning the relatively narrow straits and shallow Bering between the Chukchi Peninsula in Russia and the Seward Peninsula in the U.S. state of Alaska. In principle, the bridge would provide a land connection between Asia and North America, although there is little infrastructure in areas near Alaska and … Read more

Bering Strait Tunnel, Russia, Alaska

The tunnel under the Bering Strait is a proposed rail tunnel under the Bering Strait, recurrent since the nineteenth century. In 1890, William Gilpin, who was the first territorial governor of Colorado, is the first to imagine such a project as part of a Cosmopolitan Railway, a railway network on a global scale, in his … Read more

Louvre Museum, Paris, France

The Louvre Museum is one of the world’s largest museums, the most visited art museum in the world and a historic monument. A central landmark of Paris, it is located on the Right Bank of the Seine in the 1st arrondissement (district). Nearly 35,000 objects from prehistory to the 19th century are exhibited over an … Read more

Moscow Kremlin, Moscow, Russia

Moscow Kremlin is a group of fortifications and civic and religious buildings in the heart of Moscow, opposite the Moscova River in the south, the Red Square in the East and the Alexander Garden in the west . It is the best known of the Kremlin, including four Russians and four palaces cathedrals, grouped inside … Read more

Milad Tower, Tehran, Iran

Milad Tower is the tallest tower in Iran, built in between the Shahrak-e Gharb and Gisha districts of Tehran, it stands 435 m (1,427 ft) high from base to tip of the antenna. The head consists of a large pod with 12 floors, the roof of which is at 315 m (1,033 ft). Below this … Read more