Stunning Places

The Queen Victoria Building, is a late nineteenth-century building designed by the architect George McRae in the central business district of Sydney, Australia. [Source]

8 Spruce Street, originally known as Beekman Tower and currently marketed as New York by Gehry, is a 76-story skyscraper designed by architect Frank Gehry in the New York City borough of Manhattan at 8 Spruce Street in Lower Manhattan, just south of City Hall Plaza and the Brooklyn Bridge. [Source]

One of the abandoned building in the city area. Beautiful big building left alone. [Source]

Lightning is a massive electrostatic discharge between electrically charged regions within clouds, or between a cloud and the Earth's surface. The charged regions within the atmosphere temporarily equalize themselves through a lightning flash, commonly referred to as a strike if it hits an object on the ground. [Source]

The concept for the Father and Son skyscraper, designed by IAMZ Studio, is divided into three main elements including the shape, style and urban design along with green areas implemented into the design. The main reason for the skyscraper typology is to decrease the crowding in the capital Cairo. [Source]

The John Hancock Center, at 875 North Michigan Avenue in the Streeterville area of Chicago, Illinois, United States, is a 100-story, 1,127-foot (344 m) tall skyscraper, constructed under the supervision of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, with chief designer Bruce Graham and structural engineer Fazlur Khan. [Source]

Ålesund is a town and municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the traditional district of Sunnmøre, and the center of the Ålesund Region. It is a sea port, and is noted for its unique concentration of Art Nouveau architecture. [Source]

The New Synagogue was built to serve the growing Jewish population in Berlin, in particular, immigrants from the East. It was the largest synagogue in Germany at the time, seating 3,000 people. The building housed public concerts, including a violin concert with Albert Einstein in 1930. With an organ and a choir, the religious services reflected the liberal developments in the Jewish community of the time. [Source]

Literally Hong Kong has some of the most impressive skyscrapers in the world, around 7,650 actually. It's incredible for such a small space, there was no other place to build than up. So many high buildings make the view of the city magical. The International Commerce Centre is the tallest of them all, standing 1,588 ft. high and the third tallest building in the world. [Source]

Prominently located at the western entrance to Lincoln Road Mall, this parking garage and event space incorporates ground and scattered upper level retail, public parking and residences. The project includes the renovation of an adjacent office structure, formerly home to Suntrust Bank. A second new building, facing Alton Road, accommodates the relocated banking hall and upper level courtyard residences. [Source]

Persian Gulf Complex is 4.8 million sq feet and has an astounding 2,500 stores. As far as the number of actual shops, it is the biggest in the world. But, as nice as the mall itself is, people are drawn to it because of its other features. The complex is home to two amusement parks, a bowling alley, a hypermarket, and six 240-seat theaters. The mall has its own hotel, a 262 room hotel to be exact, which has a convention center, helipad, indoor and outdoor pools, and also a tennis court. [Source]

Central World in Bangkok, Thailand is the 6th largest mall in the world. The mall itself is 4.6 million sq ft and its complex is home to two skyscrapers. Its location in the Pathum Wan district makes its conveniently located and easily accessible. The complex is home to a large, five-star hotel. [Source]

Mid Valley Megamall in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia is tied for the 8th largest mall in the world. There are 430 stores spread across five floors. Of these 430 stores are five anchor stores. The mall is part of a complex that is home to 30 offices and two hotels. [Source]

The Cevahir Mall in Istanbul, Turkey, 4.5 million sq ft in size, is tied for the 8th largest mall in the world. Though it only has 343 stores, it has 48 restaurants, 12 cinemas, a bowling alley, show stage and a roller coaster. The stores in this mall are mostly international stores, like Adidas, Converse, Levi’s, and Reebok. Their restaurants, including Burger King and Pizza Hut, are also international establishments. [Source]

The National Gallery of Canada, located in the capital city Ottawa, Ontario, is one of Canada's premier art galleries. The Gallery was first formed in 1880 by Canada's Governor General John Douglas Sutherland Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll, and, in 1882, moved into its first home on Parliament Hill in the same building as the Supreme Court. [Wiki]

Another vital cog in the Smithsonian complex in the nation’s capital, the National Museum of Natural History has over 125 million natural science specimens and cultural artifacts. The size of 18 football fields, the museum has phenomenal dinosaur exhibits, rare gemstones and over 400,000 anthropological photographs. [Source]

The Adler Planetarium and Astronomy Museum was the first to be built in North America. The National Historic Landmark has two giant planetarium theaters and has undergone several recent additions of note. [Source]

The site, selected in conjunction with the Master Plan of the Downtown Development Authority, encompasses one entire city block and half of another. It is bisected by a city street which is a major traffic feed into and out of the Downtown. [Source]

The museum's signature architectural detail is a wave of glass paneling that undulates around the building -- a striking feature that was designed by architect Yann Weymouth, who had a hand in creating the glass pyramid at the Louvre in Paris. [Source]

Espirito Santo Plaza is a sparkling 36-story mixed use glass tower with an attached 12-story parking garage and 260,000 square feet of class “A” office space. [Source]