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it was built for beer, not burgers. located in melbourne, this heritage listed building was completed in 1937 to 38 as the uk hotel, designed by james hastie wardrop for carlton and united breweries, and it's considered one of victoria's finest surviving examples of jazz moderne architecture.

its sharply faceted exterior conceals a curved acoustic chamber inside. fifteen stonemasons assembled the 9-metre-high (30-ft) structure by hand, gradually corbelling each layer inward until the stone roof closed above them. most of the fieldstone was quarried directly from the surrounding site.

for nearly 1,500 years, the great buddha of bamiyan stood 55 meters tall in this cliffside niche in afghanistan. it formed part of a vast buddhist complex of monasteries, sanctuaries, and painted caves. destroyed in 2001, leaving an empty niche that today preserves the scale of what was lost.

completed in lucerne in 1821, the lion monument commemorates the swiss guards who were killed while defending the tuileries palace during the french revolution in 1792.

a unique apartment façade in ordeaux, france.

after years of delays, jeddah tower is rising again. do you think it will finally be completed?

stone pool is located at the foot of hotel excelsior in dubrovnik.

the 105 m2 home uses a low, extended tiled roof to shade the facade and reduce direct afternoon sun. at its center, an open garden brings daylight, natural ventilation and vegetation deeper into the house, connecting the living room, kitchen and bedrooms around a shared outdoor space.

this is how we live now.

art deco in motion. these sculptural elevator doors at battersea power station turn a functional entrance into a dramatic composition of bronze, symmetry and geometry.

a giant gorilla has been hanging from this tokyo building since 1979. known as the gorilla building, the three-storey commercial structure in sangenjaya features a king kong-like figure holding a young girl above a familymart.

the abandoned grandeur of constanța casino. opened in 1910 on romania’s black sea coast, the art nouveau landmark stood empty for decades as its ornate interiors slowly deteriorated.

this 1919 façade turns valencia’s fishing past into mosaic.

this french resort town was designed almost from scratch in the 1960s.

this sweeping brick roof is also a rainwater collector. passive house by mareines arquitetura, located in campinas, brazil.

a stone tree holding up a balcony in barcelona. casa antònia burés, built in 1906 on carrer d’ausiàs marc, is one of barcelona’s modernist gems.

grundtvig’s church in copenhagen, denmark.

which one is your favorite?

inside maison hannon in brussels, the staircase becomes a complete art nouveau scene: fresco, mosaic, woodwork, ironwork, and stained glass all working together.

the roof gets the attention, but matthias church’s interior is the real surprise.