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2. Konstrukt 2.0 | © Dr. Joydeep Dutta 2017
50
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3. Iron Pillar
@Delhi
(~400 AD)

4. Kailash Temple @Ellora (~800 AD)

5. Dome of Florence Cathedral @Italy (1436);
Ar.-Er. Filippo Brunelleschi

6. Menai Bridge @ Wales (1826);
Ar.-Er. Thomas Telford

7. The Palm House @London (1848);
Ar. Decimus Burton + Er. Richard Turner

8. Crystal Palace @Hyde Park, London (1851);
Ar. Joseph Paxton + Er. Charles Fox

9. Sagrada Familia Church @Barcelona, Spain (1882 – date);
Ar. + Er. Antonio Gaudi

10. Eiffel Tower @Paris (1889);
Ar. Stephen Sauvestre +
Er. Gustave Eiffel

11. Flat-iron Building @New York City
(1902);
Ar. Daniel Burnham + J.W. Root

12. Empire State Building
@New York (1931);
Ar. Shreve Lamb & Harmon +
Er. H.G. Balcom

13. Orvieto Aircraft Hangar @Italy (1935);
Ar-Er. Pier Luigi Nervi

14. Gateway Arch @St.
Louis, Missouri (1935);
Ar. Eero Saarinen +
Er. Hannskarl Bandel

15. The Skylon @London
(1951);
Ar. Philip Powell +
Er. Felix Samuely

16. Palazzeto dello Sport @Rome (1957);
Ar. Annibale Vitellozzi + Er. Pier Luigi Nervi

17. The Atomium @Brussels (1958);
Ar. Andre Polak + Er. Andre Waterkeyn

18. Philips Pavilion @Brussels (1958);
Ar. Le Corbusier + Er. H. Duyster

19. Sydney Opera House @Sydney, Australia (1959);
Ar. Jorn Utzon + Er. Ove Arup

20. Olympic Arena @ Tokyo, Japan (1961);
Ar. Kenzo Tange + Er. Mamuro Kawaguchi

21. Snowden Aviary @London Zoo (1961);
Ar. Cedric Price + Er. Anthony Armstrong-Jones

22. McMath-Pierce Solar Telescope @Arizona (1962);
SOM: Ar. Myron Goldsmith + Er. Alfred Picardi

23. John Hancock Center
@Chicago (1965);
Ar. Skidmore Owings Merrill
+ Er. Fazlur Rahman Khan

24. Geodesic Dome @Montreal (1967);
Ar-Er. Buckminster Fuller

25. German Exhibition Pavilion @ Montreal (1967);
Ar. Rolf Gutbrod + Er. Frei Otto

26. Cathedral of Brasilia @Brasilia (1970);
Ar. Oscar Niemeyer + Er. Joachim Cardozo

27. Centre Georges Pompidou @Paris (1977);
Ar. Richard Rogers & Renzo Piano + Er. Ove Arup

28. Lotus Temple (Bahai Temple) @New Delhi (1986);
Ar. Fariborz Sahba + Er. Flint & Neill

29. Oriente Station @Lisbon, Portugal (1990);
Ar. Santiago Calatrava

30. Torre de Collserola
@Barcelona (1991);
Ar. Foster Associates +
Er. Ove Arup

31. Trinity Bridge @Manchester UK (1995);
Ar. Santiago Calatrava + Er. Dennis Sharp

32. Petronas Towers @Kuala Lumpur
(1996); Ar. Cesar Pelli +
Er. Thornton Tomasetti

33. The Eye (City of Arts & Sciences) @Valencia, Spain (1998);
Ar. Santiago Calatrava + Er. Felix Candela

34. London Eye @London (1998);
Ar. David Marks + Er. Babtie Allott

35. Lord’s Media Centre @ London (1999):
Ar. Future Systems + Er. Ove Arup

36. Glass Staircases (2000);
Ar. Eva Jiricna + Er. Matthew Wells

37. Millau Viaduct @France (2001);
Ar. Norman Foster + Er. Michel Virlogeux

38. The Esplanade (Theatre on the Bay)
@Singapore (2002);
Ar. DPA/Johnson + Er. T.Y. Lin

39. Krzywy Domek @Poland (2004);
Ar. Szotyńscy & Zaleski

40. De La Plata Stadium @Argentina (2003);
Ar. Roberto Ferreira

41. Bird’s Nest Stadium @Beijing (2007);
Ar. Herzog & de Meuron + Er. Ove Arup Associates

42. Shanghai Financial World Centre
@Shanghai (2008);
Ar. William Pedersen
+ Er. Leslie Robertson

43. Burj Khalifa @Dubai (2009);
SOM: Ar. Adrian Smith
+ Er. Bill Baker

44. Palm Jumeirah Islands @Dubai (2009);
Ar./Er. Helman Hurley et al

45. London Aquatic Centre @ UK (2011);
Ar. Zaha Hadid + Er. Ove Arup Partners

46. Metropol Parasol @Spain (2011);
Ar. Jurgen Mayer + Er. Arup Partners

47. Marilyn Monroe Tower @ Ontario (2012);
Ar. MAD Studio + Er. Sigmund Soudak

48. Galaxy Soho @Beijing (2012);
Ar. Zaha Hadid

49. Centre Pompidou Metz @France (2012);
Ar. Shigeru Ban + Er. Arup Partners

50. Heydar Aliyev Centre @Azerbaijan (2012);
Ar. Zaha Hadid + Er. ATK, Tuncel Engineers

51. The Interlace @Singapore (2013);
Ar. Ole Scheeren + OMA

52. Ribbon Chapel @Hiroshima, Japan (2013);
Ar. Hiroshi Nakamura + Ar. Ikuhide Shibata (Arup)

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50
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WORLD