More than 4 billion people live in urban areas globally. It’s now projected that by 2050, more than two-thirds of the world population will live in urban areas. So no wonder we pay more importance to the buildings and structures around us.
And among countless poorly executed, dysfunctional, and aesthetically nauseating architecture examples (just take a look at our previous post with architecture so bad it got shamed by people), there are some gems that landed in this list.
From vertical gardens to incredible brickwork, and anything that combines function, creativity, skill and complements the surrounding area in a beautiful way, there’s a real feast for your eyes. Scroll down through the examples of architects outdoing themselves, and upvote your favorite ones! Psst! Part 1 of this post awaits right here.
#1 This Vertical Garden Located In Madrid, Spain
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#2 Mont Saint Michel In France
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#3 The 17th Century Shah Jahan Mosque In Pakistan, Notable For Its Geometric Brick Work
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#4 Buildings By Freddy Mamani In El Alto, Bolivia
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#5 Fort Bourtange, Netherlands
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#6 Oslo Opera House Designed In 1999 By Snøhetta And Finished In 2007
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#7 Azadi Tower, Tehran, Iran
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#8 Entrance Gate Of The St. Petersburg Mosque, Russia. Designed By Architect Nikolai Vasilyev
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#9 Apartment Building In Turin Holds 150 Trees
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#10 Egypt
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#11 Art Nouveau Architecture Of A House Built In The 1880's In Brussels, Belgium
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#12 Xiaoshan Science And Technology City Venture Valley, Hangzhou, China
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#13 Dating Back To The 15th Century, Plaza Mayor Is A Major Public Space In The Heart Of Madrid, The Capital Of Spain
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#14 45-Story Buildings In Guiyang, China
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#15 A Closest Church In South Korea
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#16 Venice, Italy
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#17 The Ark Of Bukhara Is A Fortress Located In Uzbekistan
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#18 A Rooftop Restaurant/Cafe In Chongqing, China
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#19 Eltz Castle Is Located In Wierschem, Germany And Has Been Owned And Occupied By The Same Family For Over 850 Years...
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#20 Matsumoto Castle, Matsumoto, Japan, Late 16th Century
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#21 Ribbon Chapel In Onomichi, Japan
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#22 Habitat 67 In Montreal
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#23 Sumela Monastery, A Greek Orthodox Monastery Originally Established Around Ad 386 Nestled In A Steep Cliff At An Altitude Of 1200 Meters, Trabzon Province, Turkey
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#24 Villa Farnese, A 16th Century Pentagonal Renaissance Mansion Built On The Fortress Foundations In The Town Of Caprarola, Viterbo, Northern Lazio, Italy
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#25 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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#26 The Zip Building, Milan
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#27 Inner Courtyard Surrounded By Walls Of Greenery In Plaza Athénée, A Historic Haussmann-Style Hotel That First Opened In 1913, Avenue Montaigne, 8th Arrondissement Of Paris, France
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#28 Luma Arles (Frank Gehry, France, 2021)
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#29 The Eclectic Villa Monastero On The Shores Of Lake Como, Varenna, Lombardy, Italy
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#30 This 325-Year-Old Tree Was Utilized In The Building Design When Authorities In Turkey Would Not Allow For Its Removal
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#31 Writer's Museum, Edinburgh, In The Fog
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#32 From The Middle Kingdom
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#33 Front Of House, Back Of House. Dubbed "The Mullet House"
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#34 Spitzhäuschen, A Narrow Half-Timbered House Built In 1416 Located In Bernkastel-Kues, Germany
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#35 Marienplatz Station, Munich, Germany
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#36 Axel Towers, Copenhagen, Denmark
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#37 The Waves, Vejle, Denmark
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#38 Schloss Clemenswerth, The 18th Century Baroque Hunting Complex With Its Central Pavilion Surrounded By Eight Smaller Lodges For Guests. Sögel, Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany
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#39 Tropical Island Near Berlin In Germany Build In An Old Zeppelin Hangar
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#40 Fisherman's Bastion, Budapest, Hungary
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#41 Mcdonalds In The Art Deco Former 'United Kingdom Hotel', Clifton Hill Melbourne Australia
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#42 15th Century Castle Of Coca In Central Spain
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#43 Edinburgh Castle And Its Half Moon Battery Seen From The Vennel Steps In The Old Town, Edinburgh, Scotland
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#44 The Iwan Ceiling Of Fatima Masumeh Shrine In Iran
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#45 Marina Bay Sands Hotel - Singapore
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#46 Tower Of Terror, At Tokyo Disneysea
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#47 Partington Point House By Richard Clements, Renovated By Mickey Muennig (1995)
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#48 Knarvik Community Church - Norway
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#49 Villa Erba, A 19th Century Villa With A Neoclassical Facade Built On The Shores Of Lake Como, Now Used As A Convention And Exhibition Space, Lombardy, Italy
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#50 Burg Hochosterwitz, A Castle Built On A Limestone Rock Which Was First Mentioned In A Text In 860 And Continuously Fortified Until The 16th Century. Still Owned By The Noble Khevenhüller Family After The Acquisition In 1571. Carinthia, Austria
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#51 Grand Staircase Of The Second Empire Style Palais Garnier Completed In 1875, 9th Arrondissement Of Paris, France
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#52 140 Meters High Ruyi Bridge In China
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#53 The Interior Of The Hyatt Regency, Atlanta
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#54 Cubic Windows
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#55 Shah-I-Zinda Necropolis In Samarkand, Uzbekistan
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#56 Air Force Academy’s Cadet Chapel, Colorado Springs, USA
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#57 Ryazan, Russia
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#58 This Cafe In Czech Republic
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#59 Broadbeach, Gold Coast
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#60 Jeroen Van Dam, Noisy Le Grand, Paris, France
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#61 Kashan Bazaar,iran
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#62 Arnavutköy, A Neighborhood Away From Istanbul’s Touristic Hustle
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#63 Capt James Taylor House, A 1892 Queen Anne Victorian In Marine City, St. Clair County, Michigan
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#64 Victorian House In Matawan, New Jersey
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#65 Built In 1891, The Hunter House, Detroit, Michigan
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#66 Galtaji Hindu Temple Located In Aravalli Hills In Jaipur Of India. Temple Complex Have Many Natural Freshwater Springs
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#67 Sun Rays Through The Double Lancet Windows Of Westminster Abbey, City Of Westminster, London, UK
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#68 Mahkama Du Pacha - Casablanca, Morocco
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#69 Always Been A Big Fan Of The Late Architect Aldo Rossi. Il Palazzo Hotel In Fukuoka Japan. Completed In 1987
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#70 Nakagin Capsule Tower, Tokyo, Japan By Peter Stewart
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#71 Talgarth Road, London
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#72 Sainte-Chapelle | Paris
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#73 Gloucester Cathedral
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#74 Roseland Cottage, Built In 1846 In Woodstock, Connecticut
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#75 Cologne Cathedral. Masterpiece Of Gothic Architecture. Years Build : 1248 - 1880
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#76 Pigalle Duperré, France
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#77 Santuario Madonna Della Corona At Lake Garda In Italy Was Directly Built Into A Steep Rock Face
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#78 One Of The Rare Examples When Soviet Brutalism Looks Good. Cooperative Union Building, Vilnius, 1979
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#79 The Burnt Farm Cottage Built With Red Brick In The 1840s, Borough Of Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, Southern England
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#80 The Powell House, Built Originally As A Baptist Church Shortly After The Gold Rush And Now Restored And Converted Into Apartments, Nevada City, California
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#81 A Masterpiece Of Armenian Medieval Architecture, Ani Cathedral, Built 1001
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#82 Tropical Treehouse, Bali
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#83 The Interior Of Barcelona's Sagrada Família, Designed By Antoni Gaudí. Construction Began In 1882- And It's Still Not Finished. It's Expected To Be Completed By 2026, Just In Time For The 100th Anniversary Of Gaudí's Death
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#84 19th Century Victorian Gothic Cottage Framed By The Arch Of The Gatehouse At Holly Village, Highgate, North London, UK
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#85 Hermann Weinhardt House Built In 1888 In Chicago, Il
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#86 Hermitage Hunting Lodge, A 18th Century Baroque Hunting Lodge Built To Host Royal Banquets During The Royal Hunts In Jægersborg Dyrehave, A Forest Park North Of Copenhagen, Denmark
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#87 St Vitus Cathedral, Prague Czech Republic
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#88 Hotel Le Bouton, Vietnam / D1 Architectural Studiov
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#89 Stained Glass Windows At The Jalil Khayat Mosque In Iraq
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#90 Pasargad Steel Complex Gateway, Iran
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#91 Hongen Temple, Chongqing
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#92 Castello Di Reschio In Lisciano Niccone, Italy
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#93 Residence In Napa California
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#94 The Caserta Royal Palace In Italy Is The Largest Royal Residence In The World
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#95 Home In Watch Hill, Rhode Island
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#96 An Architecture Example From 16th Century In France
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#97 George F. Winslow House, A Queen Anne Victorian Built In 1894 With An Oversized Corner Brick Chimney That Wraps Around A Window, Eau Claire, Wisconsin
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#98 Fontana Di Trevi, Roma
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#99 Brownstones In Park Slope, Brooklyn
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#100 The Great Mosque, Mosul, Iraq
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#101 Kasteel De Haar, The Largest Castle In The Netherlands Mostly Rebuilt In The 16th Century And Restored Extensively In The 19th Century. Utrecht, Netherlands
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#102 Fontana Pretoria, A 16th Century Monumental Fountain In The Historic Centre Of Palermo Surrounded By A 17th Century Baroque Church And A 16th Century Palace, Sicily, Southern Italy
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#103 1920s Tudor Revival Building Housing A Department Store In The West End Of London, UK
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#104 This Cabin In Sussex, England
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#105 Grand Arcade, Leeds, UK
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#106 Bonaventure Hotel (1976) By John Portman
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#107 Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque,esfehan,iran
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#108 Children Standing In Front Of One Of The Main Doors Of Casablanca Mosque
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#109 Entrance Hall Divided With Triple-Arched Columned Screen In Taitlands, A Recently Restored 19th-Century Greek Revival Country House Located In Stainforth, North Yorkshire, England
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#110 La Sagrada Familia, Spain
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#111 Under, Norway. A Restaurant Five And A Half Meters Below The Sea
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#112 Potala Palace, Tibet
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#113 The Artic Cathedral
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#114 Abandoned Palace In Strasbourg, France
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#115 Château Du Tilleul - Tilleul, Normandy, France - Constructed 1730 And Re-Styled In Neo-Renaissance By Architect Félix Ezéchiel Vallois 1860
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#116 Clean Line Cabin. The Duel Aspect Glazing Is Very Dialed
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#117 One Central Park – Sydney, Australia
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#118 Arango Marbrisa House By John Lautner In Mexico (1973)
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#119 The Central Interior Of Leadenhall Market, London
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#120 The "Winter Garden" Inside The Hôtel De La Païva, A Large 19th Century Townhouse That Has Been Used As A Gentlemen's Club For More Than A Century, Avenue Des Champs-Élysées, Paris, France
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#121 Dambulla Cave Temple, Sri Lanka
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#122 Imperial Staircase Made Of Oak Wood In Castel Savoia, A 19th Century Eclectic Style Villa Built For The Queen Consort Of The Kingdom Of Italy Margherita Of Savoy As A Holiday Home, Valle D'aosta, Northwestern Italy
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