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 | The tallest building in the world, which opened on January 4, 2010. |  | 01/05/2010 | 15,500 | 
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 | The Tränenpalast (eng. "Palace of Tears") is the Berlin colloquialism for the former border crossing station at the Berlin Friedrichstrasse railway station. The name comes from the many tearful "Good-Bye's" that took place in front of the building, where visiting citizens of the divided city had to say farewell to their East-German relatives that were not permitted to travel to the Western part... | | 11/11/2009 | 53 |
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 | A Brasileira (Portuguese for "The Brazilian Woman") is one of the oldest and most famous cafés in Braga. It is located on the Largo Barão de São Martinho, in the historic city (centro).
A Brasileira was opened by Adolpho de Azevedo on 17 March 1907 as a shop selling "genuine Brazilian coffee"
It is a popular tourist destination. | | 09/30/2009 | 57 |
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 | (portuguese: Arco da Porta Nova) is an arch in Sé, Braga, Portugal.
The arch decorates the western gate of the medieval wall. It was opened in 1512 and was the place where the keys of the city were given.
The actual arch is a combination of baroque and neoclassic styles, was designed by architect André Soares and built in 1772 - 1773. | | 09/30/2009 | 51 |
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 | (Portuguese: Torre Vasco da Gama) is a 145 m/476 ft-high lattice tower in Lisbon, Portugal, built over the Tagus river.
It is named after Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama, who was the first European to arrive in India by sail, in 1498.
The architects of the tower were Leonor Janeiro, Nick Jacobs and SOM (Skidmore, Owings and Merrill).
The steel structure, represe... | | 09/26/2009 | 183 |
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 | The giant metal shredding plant can process 350 tonnes of metal - or around 450 unwanted vehicles - an hour. Once shredded, the ferrous and non-ferrous metals, as well as plastics and glass, are separated before being sold on for reuse or disposal.
The gantry crane also installed at the site will ensure one of the fastest shiploading rates for a metals recycling facility anywhere... | | 08/14/2009 | 140 |
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 | Haus der Deutschen Kunst in Munich was the art museum of Nazi-Germany. Only art granted by Hitler was shown here.
Today it's discothek and night club P1. A place where rich and famous people of Munich meet.
http://www.roland-harder.de/relikte_drittes_reich/haus_der_deutschen_kunst.html | | 08/02/2009 | 56 |
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 | This was the main bicycle shop of the Wright Brothers. Some say the fourth, others the fifth. The brothers opened two in the year 1895. this one and a branch store at 23 West Second Street. The branch store was closed in 1896, the main in 1897.
http://www.firsttofly.org/History/Just%20the%20Facts/wright_bicycles.htm | | 07/07/2009 | 73 |
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 | A solar house in Freiburg that produces more energy than it consumes. | | 06/28/2009 | 100 |
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 | A building on the sea called Johnson South Reef or Chigua Reef is a reef in the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea. It is contiguous with Vietnam-occupied Collins Reef which lies 4 miles (6 km) away northwest. Naturally above water only at low tide, but some sources say that many rocks are above water at high tide. This is the site of Johnson South Reef Skirmish in 1988, fought by China and... |  | 02/14/2009 | 431 |
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 | Sun Studio was opened by rock pioneer Sam Phillips at 706 Union Avenue in Memphis, Tennessee, on January 3, 1950. It was originally called Memphis Recording Service, sharing the same building with the Sun Records label business. Reputedly the first rock-and-roll single, Jackie Brenston and his Delta Cats' "Rocket 88" was recorded there in 1951 with song composer Ike Turner on keyboards, leading... | | 01/31/2009 | 858 |
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 | Built by Dan Maddox in 1957, RCA Records Studio B was constructed at the request of Chet Atkins and Steve Sholes to facilitate the needs of RCA Victor Records and other record labels. According to Chet Atkins in his autobiography, the plans for the studio were drawn up on a napkin by Bill Miltenburg, RCA's chief engineer and recording manager.
Construction took 4 months, and the ... | | 01/31/2009 | 259 |
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 | When an incineration plant becomes an Art masterpiece.
Ordered by the Osaka municipal Government, Osaka, Japan, built on an artificial island of the Osaka Bay and inaugurated in 2000.
This building is a creation of the Austrian ecologist architect and painter: Friedensreich Hundertwasser.(1928-2000)
If you want to learn more about this building:
http://www.city.o... |  | 01/17/2009 | 158 |
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 | The Sofia Public Mineral Baths (Bulgarian: Софийска градска минерална баня, Sofiyska gradska mineralna banya) or the Central Mineral Baths (Централна мин
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 | Murderer Peter Tobin killed schoolgirl Vicki Hamilton and buried her remains in the rear garden here at 50 Irvine Drive in Margate. | | 01/02/2009 | 156 |
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 | The project is designed by Canadian architect Carlos Ott/PPA.
The Henan Art Center is a curvilinear and dynamic structure, that conveys to the outside the cultural, artistic, musical and theatrical activities of the inside halls.The Art Center has been designed with an asymmetric configuration on a symmetrical scheme with it axis perpendicular to the Central Lake shore.
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 | The Sam Kee Building is located at 8 West Pender Street in Vancouver, British Columbia and is noteworthy for being the narrowest commercial building in the world. It holds it's record by both the Guinness World Records and Ripley's Believ It or Not. It is 4'11" at its base and 6' wide on the second floor.
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 | Here is the exact location where the "House if Horror" stood. Its a patheway now. | | 12/19/2008 | 198 |
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 | Gala ritual palace(soviet-style wedding palace)in Tbilisi is a unique design architecture.It is a place which people get Soviet marriage. | | 11/14/2008 | 117 |
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 | French Ambassy in Riyadh | | 10/25/2008 | 114 |
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 | US Ambassy in Riyadh | | 10/25/2008 | 125 |
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 | The red one (Schoof's Mill) was errected in 1921, the green on in 1856
Both had predecessors that were either destroyed by fire or by storm.
But there have been two mills in Greetsiel for at least 300 years | | 07/31/2008 | 1,790 |
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 | To me this looks like a giant pizza, yummy | | 05/27/2008 | 186 |
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 | House 340, Street 32, F-11/2, Islamabad |  | 04/30/2008 | 905 |
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 | The Futuro Home was a small, easily portable building designed to be more like a ski cabin or summer cottage than a true home. Matti Suuronen, a Finnish architect, created the design in 1968. The design was made to be fun (looking like a flying saucer) and practical. (low wind profile) | | 04/05/2008 | 168 |
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