Architecture

After falling into disuse, this imposing department store found new life as a Hollywood backdrop and a theater.

These colorful staircases can be found around Goa’s capital.

Works from the golden age of Mexican muralism can be found inside a typical city market.

A rare 16-bedroom Qing Dynasty house re-erected on the campus of the Peabody Essex Museum. 

A unique urban square characterized by raw concrete structures and bold geometric forms.

The oldest building in Hargeisa survived the 1988 bombings that destroyed some 90 percent of the city.

Named after and designed by women, this unique cultural center is an early 20th-century mansion covered in a modern shell.

The oldest civic library in Italy can trace its foundation back to 1619.

This meticulously reconstructed early medieval settlement offers an immersive experience of daily life in an Anglo-Saxon community.

An interim housing alternative to FEMA trailers that is designed for densely populated areas during recovery and rebuilding following a natural disaster.

This rural Australian restaurant claims to be the only restaurant in the world to be built almost entirely of sea shells.

This hiking trail is scattered with the remains of a failed attempt to provide water to farmers in Dry Fork Canyon.

A complex of ancient Buddhist rock-cut caves with a large, well preserved prayer hall.

This impressive gate is the only remaining remnant of a Spanish naval station.

This grandiose staircase was part of the revival of a medieval Spanish architectural style combining Christian and Islamic influences.

This prefabricated building was built in Belgium and shipped to Mozambique but was never inhabited, since its iron exterior was unsuitable for the tropical environment.

Once a luxurious flagship of the Soviet Union, this Brutalist structure remains a landmark of Tashkent’s communist past.

This elaborate banquet hall in Queen Victoria's summer residence is an homage to Indian architecture, including miniature models of palaces in India.