Every now and then, we hear about funny architectural fails where lack of taste meets poor aesthetics and greets atrocious execution. Check out our previous features with such examples here, here, and here.
But way more rarely do we hear news about impressive architecture, time-defying buildings, and incredible structures. This is because it’s way more difficult to create an architectural wonder that reflects our environment, values, history, artistic sensibility, and many other aspects of our daily life.
Luckily, there is this corner of Reddit that collects “the beautiful impossibilities that we want to live in” and shares them with its 1.3M members. The subreddit is dedicated to high-quality photographs of some of the most impressive, conceptual, and historical buildings on our planet. So pull your seat closer and scroll down! After you’re done, be sure to share part 1 of the article.
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#1 Preserved Edo Period Neighborhood In Japan
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#2 Persian Mosque
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#3 Spellbinding Bookstore In Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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#4 Ukraine – Lviv, Staircase In The House Of Scientists
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#5 Hans & Gretel Pancake House In Zeewolde, Netherlands
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#6 Kylemore Abbey In The Fog, Connemara, Galway, Ireland
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#7 The Reading Room – Royal Portuguese Cabinet Of Reading – Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
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#8 Nasir-Ol-Molk Mosque, Also Known As Pink Mosque, A Traditional Shiraz Mosque, Iran
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#9 Stained Glass Ceiling Hotel – Gran Hotel Ciudad De México, Mexico City
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#10 Les Espaces D’abraxas, France
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#11 Hawa Mahal In Jaipur, India
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#12 A Beautiful House Surrounded By Rock And Trees In Hrensko
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#13 Romanian Athenaeum, Bucharest
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#14 The Inflatable “Gaia” Installation In The 18th Century Baroque Painted Hall Of The Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich, London, UK
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#15 Pietragalla, Italy
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#16 Leuven Town Hall (1448-1469) Belgium, One Of The Best-Known Gothic Town Halls Worldwide & It Took Three Architects And Thirty Years To Build It
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#17 Art Nouveau Facade Of A Jewelry Store In Lille, Hauts-De-France, Northern France
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#18 Château Frontenac, Quebec City, Canada
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#19 Wisteria Covered Terraced House In Argyll Road, Kensington, London, UK
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#20 Kailasa Temple In Ellora, India Made From A Single Rock
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#21 Castillo De Colomares In Spain
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#22 Trinity College Library – Dublin, Ireland
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#23 Paris, France
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#24 Mvrdv’s Brand New Housing Complex In Amsterdam, Netherlands
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#25 This Restaurant In Paris Looking Like A Museum
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#26 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum – Boston
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#27 The 18th Babrican Gate Of Tollymore Forest, Mourne Mountains, Northern Ireland
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#28 Church In The Rock
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#29 A Traditional Medieval Cave House With A Courtyard Found In The Desert Of Libya
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#30 Chahar Bagh, Esfehan, Iran
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#31 Astronomical Tower In Prague, Czech Republic
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#32 Baps Akshardham Temple, Delhi, India
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#33 The Iconic San Francisco Cliff House Before It Was Destroyed In A 1907 Fire
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#34 Castillo De Colomares, Spain
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#35 Drachenburg Castle In Germany, Built In 1884
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#36 Four Seasons Resort. Bali
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#37 Opera Garnier In Paris
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#38 Hammam Essalihine Is A Roman Bathhouse Still In Use After 2,000 Years In Khenchela, Algeria
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#39 The Fox Theater’s Stage From The Main Floor
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#40 Niagara Mohawk Building Built In Art Deco Style, NYC
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#41 Spectacular Adalaj Stepwell In Ahmedabad, India
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#42 30th Street Station In Philly Is Like An Art Deco Cathedral
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#43 Brownstones In Park Slope, Brooklyn, NYC
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#44 Hotel Belvédère, Switzerland
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#45 Harbin Opera House Designed By Mad Architects
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#46 Goethe’s Lookout In The Czech Republic
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#47 Grundtvig’s Church Interior
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#48 Yemen
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#49 Federal-Style House In The Snow, Washington, D. C
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