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Konzerthaus, Berlin

Very nice post^. Berlin is on my list of places to travel, which stemmed from an interest in the Berlin Music School, and the artists who have emerged from it - and, I certainly, would be interested in experiencing the Konzerthaus you have posted!

Louvre

I knew you'd like that one.....

Manchester Central Reference Library: decent example of Art Deco building in the UK in the 1930s

Thank you! And, thank you for posting this exquisite photo that I am so fond of and familiar with!

Neon Light Fixtures

There is a Neon Light tour in Los Angeles, that is pretty interesting, and experienced from a double-decker bus : )

Octagons:



Octagonal houses were a great fad in the US in the mid-1800s, and many are famous and still beautiful today. The example above is The Octagon at Amherst College.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octagon_house

Polygons !

Quinlan Terry, British Architect

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quinlan_Terry

Rose window:

^a beautiful window

Spire - a tapering conical or pyramidal structure on the top of a building

Taj Mahal

Undercroft

Volutes:

Wainscoting

The rock-cut tomb at Naqsh-e Rustam north of Persepolis, copying that of Darius, is usually assumed to be that of Xerxes, http://www.crystalinks.com/Achaemenid_Empire.html

that is incredible! thanks, traven

Yu Hao - Chinese structural engineer and architect, during the Song Dynasty period

Zaera-Polo, Alejandro

Spanish architect

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alejandro_Zaera-Polo