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26 buildings and structures Jo is gathering, ordered chronologically from the Great Pyramid forward. Each card shows whether a sourced image or 3D mesh is on file yet.
26 works · 6 periods
Image on file real photo or render · Placeholder awaiting source
- Placeholder Great Pyramid of Giza
Hemiunu (attrib.) Great Pyramid of Giza
146.6 m original height; 138.5 m today.
Placeholder Ancient - Placeholder Parthenon
Iktinos, Kallikrates (attrib.) Parthenon
Doric temple to Athena Parthenos.
Placeholder Ancient - Placeholder Pantheon
Hadrian (with Apollodorus of Damascus, lost drawings) Pantheon
Unreinforced concrete dome, 43.3 m span — still the world record for non-reinforced domes.
Placeholder Ancient - Placeholder Hagia Sophia
Isidore of Miletus, Anthemius of Tralles Hagia Sophia
Central dome 31.24 m, built ~1500 years before Brunelleschi.
Placeholder Medieval - Placeholder Notre-Dame de Chartres
Unknown Notre-Dame de Chartres
Placeholder Medieval - Placeholder Alhambra
Muhammad I, Yusuf I, Muhammad V (successive) Alhambra
Nasrid palaces; tile, muqarnas, and water gardens.
Placeholder Medieval - Placeholder Florence Cathedral Dome
Filippo Brunelleschi Florence Cathedral Dome
Largest masonry dome ever built (45 m span).
Placeholder Renaissance - Placeholder St Peter's Basilica
Bramante, Michelangelo, Maderno, Bernini (successive) St Peter's Basilica
Placeholder Renaissance - Placeholder Villa Rotonda
Andrea Palladio Villa Rotonda
Central-plan villa; the canonical Palladian template.
Placeholder Renaissance - Placeholder Crystal Palace
Joseph Paxton Crystal Palace
Cast-iron and plate-glass module; 990,000 ft² in 9 months.
Placeholder Early modern - Placeholder Sagrada Família
Antoni Gaudí Sagrada Família
Seven remaining towers under construction; photogrammetry placeholder pending scan.
Placeholder Early modern 3D mesh - Placeholder Eiffel Tower
Gustave Eiffel, Maurice Koechlin, Émile Nouguier Eiffel Tower
330 m original; 330 m today with antenna.
Placeholder Early modern - Placeholder Park Güell
Antoni Gaudí Park Güell
Placeholder Modern - Placeholder Casa Batlló
Antoni Gaudí Casa Batlló
Placeholder Modern - Placeholder Villa Savoye
Le Corbusier Villa Savoye
The "Five Points of Architecture" canonical work.
Placeholder Modern - Placeholder Fallingwater
Frank Lloyd Wright Fallingwater
Cantilevered over a waterfall.
Placeholder Modern - Placeholder Chandigarh Capitol Complex
Le Corbusier Chandigarh Capitol Complex
Open Hand Monument, Secretariat, Assembly.
Placeholder Modern - Placeholder Seagram Building
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Philip Johnson Seagram Building
The canonical glass curtain wall tower.
Placeholder Modern - Placeholder Salk Institute
Louis Kahn Salk Institute
Twin travertine laboratories facing the Pacific.
Placeholder Modern - Placeholder Sydney Opera House
Jørn Utzon Sydney Opera House
Precast concrete shell segments; Ove Arup engineering.
Placeholder Modern - Placeholder Centre Pompidou
Renzo Piano, Richard Rogers Centre Pompidou
Exoskeleton and colour-coded services.
Placeholder Modern - Placeholder Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao
Frank Gehry Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao
Titanium-clad curves; the "Bilbao effect".
Placeholder Modern - Placeholder Burj Khalifa
Adrian Smith (SOM) Burj Khalifa
828 m; current tallest structure.
Placeholder Contemporary - Placeholder Zaha Hadid — Heydar Aliyev Center
Zaha Hadid Architects Zaha Hadid — Heydar Aliyev Center
GFRC-clad flowing shell; no straight lines on the exterior.
Placeholder Contemporary - Placeholder Apple Park
Foster + Partners Apple Park
1.6 km circumference ring; the largest curved glass structure in the world.
Placeholder Contemporary - Placeholder Colosseum
Vespasian, Titus (commissioned) Colosseum
Placeholder Contemporary