The Cool Structures Thread!

Who could forget these things.
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@Mulholland: The World Trade Center was actually quite ugly, and everyone in the NYC area hated it while it was there. (I distinctly remember my father calling the towers a blight on skyline.) There's no use denying that it was hideous even though the method of the towers' destruction was undescribably horrible. Don't romanticize it.
 
@Mulholland: The World Trade Center was actually quite ugly, and everyone in the NYC area hated it while it were there. (I distinctly remember my father calling the towers a blight on skyline.) There's no use denying that it was hideous even though the method of the towers' destruction was undescribably horrible. Don't romanticize it.

I think they're kinda nice. All shiny and big. Did everyone hate them?
 
Why not go WAY old skool? ;)

Stonehedge!
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Wieliczka Salt Mine - UN World Heritage Site

This deposit of rock salt in Wieliczka-Bochnia has been mined since the 13th century. Spread over nine levels, it has 300 km of galleries with works of art, altars, and statues sculpted in the salt, making a fascinating pilgrimage into the past of a major industrial undertaking.

Almost everything you see below is made from salt - mostly the walls, chandeliers, ceilings, floors, and sculptures.

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Some cool Kyptonite!
 
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This awsome design allows canal boats to pass to a lower level without locks!

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Here some local buildings in Vienna:

Schloss Schönbrunn:
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The Secession from Gustav Klimt (see it every day when I go to work):
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The City Hall:
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The Karlskirche (I like its mixture of various elements from different epoches)
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