The Cool Structures Thread!

[Mulholland]

 

[Cheezy the Wiz]

Spoiler :

What is the name of that building?

 

[Irish Caesar]

What is the name of that building?

If I had to guess, I'd say it's Notre Dame de Montreal.

I'd believe it; looks "new" French Gothic.

 

[Urederra]

Well... a chemist has to post this:

Fullerene.

 

[Perfection]

If I had to guess, I'd say it's Notre Dame de Montreal.

I'd believe it; looks "new" French Gothic.

It is, the image url followed by a look on its wikipedia page gives it away.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notre-Dame_de_Montréal_Basilica

 

[CaptainF]

This is really scary imo. It is like the rest of the buildings are lowly peasant huts.

And this is its tennis court i think:

I read an article about that, I think its actually a helipad, but for the sake of publicity they converted it to a tennis court temporarily so that Andre Agassi and Roger Federer could play on it for hotel promotion.

Regardless, I couldn't play tennis that high, I have a slight vertigo which I think would throw off my game.

 

[Kyriakos]

This is the stegosaur Rio-Antirio bridge, which is connecting the northern Peloponnese with central Greece:

(it has been completed a few months ago)

 

[Kyriakos]

And this is the parliament building of Hungary.
I remember seing it when i had traveled there when i was 14

 

[Tank_Guy#3]

Well... a chemist has to post this:

Fullerene.

Buckminsterfullerene to be precise. Not the trimetasphere or nanotube?

The Large Hadron Collider located underground at CERN

I though of this as well when Perf posted a picture of the RATAN-600.

 

[Cheezy the Wiz]

And this is the parliament building of Hungary.
I remember seing it when i had traveled there when i was 14

That is why I absolutely love Europe, you guys have the coolest buildings, I always feel like I'm in some sort of a dreamland.

 

[Tank_Guy#3]

How about these:
Lest we commit the Unforgiveable Error of Forgetting:


A place not far away from my home: The Wisconsin Dells (which is not my home):


Does this place need to be named?:


Now for supporting my interest in military architecture and defenses:
Aleppo:


Krak de Chevaliers:

 

[Perfection]

A place not far away from my home: The Wisconsin Dells (which is not my home):
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I took a jetboat tour of the Dells once, quite awesome.

 

[brennan]

Neuschwanstein Castle

The Disney Fairytale Castle is based upon it. According to wiki, it's the most photographed building in Germany.

 

[Irish Caesar]

Bramante's Tempietto, Rome, 1502:

 

[Kan' Sharuminar]

I have a strange fondness for the London Eye. I hated the idea at first - I just think it looks so out of place to the area, and so...tourist attractiony. I think the fact that it actually served a purpose when compared to the 'other' London Millennium structure and established itself as part of the city I warmed to it.

It does give a quite grand view of the city as well, though I don't plan on going on it again

 

[GinandTonic]

http://www.urban75.org/london/st_pancras58.html

St Pancras. Although with the redevelopment including the 18 mile tunnel linking it up with the channel tunnel (on time and on budget WTH) it could also be part of the unbuilt structures thread. Londoner's fave London building.

Sorry flash so youll have to click through.

 

[Falcon02]

Walt Disney Concert Hall - Los Angelos, CA

Buildings near by were overheating for the longest time because of the shape of the Mirrors... Motorists were also blinded on the road due to reflections.

They ended up fixing it by dulling the mirrors...

Night View

 

[knigh+]

Sumela Monastery, Trabzon
makes me say "what the...who builds on a vertical cliff?"

Capadoccia

Mihrimah Mosque, Istanbul
Lightest masonry dome ever. Has a love story associated to its construction.

Kanyon Mall, Istanbul

Haci Omer Sabanci Mosque, Adana
largest in Turkey

Residential buildings, Harran

Diamond of Istanbul

Kocatepe Mosque, Ankara
doesn't seem out of the ordinary...except the shopping mall and parking lot underneath its courtyard.

Black Castle, Afyon
the meaning of "impregnable"

and best for the last
the Gate of the Dolmabahce Palace, Istanbul

 

[Irish Caesar]

makes me say "what the...who builds on a vertical cliff?"

Why, the Anasazi, of course!
Cliff Palace, Mesa Verde, Colorado, ~13th century

 

[Maniacal]

Black Castle, Afyon
the meaning of "impregnable"

How's the food supply and water though?

Dang, nice thread Perfection, and all of you who are contributing, there is so much cool archetecture out there! Now to continue filling my hard drive up!