Rules:

1) This thread is a tribute to the great architecture of the world.
2) Only ONE choice of building is allowed to be posted per user, meaning that you should give your decision a bit of thought.
3) All posts should be reserved for your contribution to the thread, and not for discussion of the previously posted examples. This is a photo thread and not one for discussion or debate.
4) Up to 3 high quality photos can be posted per post to support your decision for the building you have chosen, so again make sure that you give some though to your selection of photo's.
5) The format of your post should be as follows:

Name of building - City or Town, Country
eg. Hôtel de Ville - Paris, France

Baha'i Temple - Willmette, USA

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/39/Willmette_how.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Willmette_how.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2668/3918788475_fb665586cf_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/89117284@N00/3918788475/

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3609/3646988065_f0d102ab71_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/24894289@N08/3646988065/

Damn, this is a tough one.
I have to say, the Pantheon in Rome. :D
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/31/Pantheon_aussen.jpg
http://ted.coe.wayne.edu/sse/wq/Rome/pantheon1.jpg
http://photos.mydomesite.com/000/001/619/medium/pantheon18192o.jpg

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You can't make such a decision. There's no one finest piece of architecture. One cannot compare the airport of a megacity with the egyptian pyramids.

I just say about Turquoise Gemstone: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turquoise (This deposit, which is blue naturally, and turns green when heated due to dehyration, is restricted to a mine-riddled region in Neyshabur, the 2,012-metre (6,601 ft) mountain peak of Ali-mersai, which is tens of kilometers from Mashhad.)

Goharshad Turquoise Mosque - Mashhad, Iran

http://www.allempires.com/Uploads/gohar9.jpg

http://www.allempires.com/Uploads/gohar10.jpg

http://www.allempires.com/Uploads/gohar11.jpg

A night view to support my decision:

http://www.allempires.com/Uploads/GoharN.jpg

Institute for Sound and Vision - Hilversum, Netherlands

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3523/3789924530_c3f1382803_b.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3177/2716833436_51bde8277c_b.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3544/3789115789_72c1614404_b.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2145/2832028927_b1b0d1232a_b.jpg
sorry, i cannot count :cheers:

ufff, I had a really double feeling about that building. It is incredibly richly materialized, a lot of innovative details. But the big space has an agressive feeling to it and the materials feel a bit rococo - only accent, no backdrop.

Well, of course, that's from a critical perspective.

I like the villa VPRO on the same campus better ;)

http://warofwords.files.wordpress.com/2007/07/taj_mahal_01.jpg

Copying my post from SSP.

Chrysler Building - New York City, USA


http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1374/541849744_a48bad7095_b.jpg
jbparker (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jbparker/541849744/sizes/l/)

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2234/3947431779_ce02266c31_b.jpg
IANLAYZELLUK (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ianlayzellphotographs/3947431779/sizes/l/)

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3366/3479993945_c97e948d0a_b.jpg
fratara (http://www.flickr.com/photos/fratara/3479993945/sizes/l/)

I maintain that, 80 some years later, this is still the finest skyscraper ever constructed.

http://www.tunliweb.no/Bilder_SM/_album_London/a2.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/9c/Central_Lobby,_Palace_of_Westminster.jpg
http://images.parliament.uk/indexplus/db_assets/2/252/v0_master.jpg
http://www.simonho.org/images/photographs_london/London_Parliament2.jpg
http://www.caminandosinrumbo.com/england/london/bigben/bigben4.jpg
http://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/online/content/lords.jpg
http://hompi.sogang.ac.kr/anthony/UK_House_of_Commons_Chamber.jpg

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LOL @ everyone posting more than 3 pics. Proof that either no one reads, or that everyone's too fucking dumb.

Baha'i Temple - Willmette, USA


http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3609/3646988065_f0d102ab71_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/24894289@N08/3646988065/

Fancy sticking that in the "Great ceilings" thread? :)

Hagia Sophia, Istanbul/Constantinople, Turkey.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3107/2578104860_db0875e65c_b.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3315/3621862417_60b00bb5c0_b.jpg

http://media-2.web.britannica.com/eb-media/57/121357-050-93D31BA5.jpg

Pix from flickr, britannica

Far more beautiful from the inside than the outside. Thanks...never knew about that. Always considered the Blue Mosque to be more beautiful - guess I was wrong.

Royal Exhibition Building - Melbourne, Australia
Why? The eclectic design of the building is suggested to have been inspired by multiple buildings from around the world. Such include the Florence Cathedral which inspired the dome of the Royal Exhibition Building, and the Rundbogenstil which was the inspiration for the main pavilions. Parisian architecture also had great influence on the building.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4048/4544550267_f7335c5d1c_o.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dmtgc/4544550267/sizes/o/
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2711/4415557008_794c82987f_o.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dmtgc/4415557008/sizes/o/
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4054/4413625314_0610770b72_o.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dmtgc/4413625314/sizes/o/

Institute for Sound and Vision - Hilversum, Netherlands

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3523/3789924530_c3f1382803_b.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3177/2716833436_51bde8277c_b.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3544/3789115789_72c1614404_b.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2145/2832028927_b1b0d1232a_b.jpg
sorry, i cannot count :cheers:

Shame the vision impaired people can't enjoy the splendid colours and architectural design..

Dimethyltryptamine, am I correct saying it's Australia's only world heritage listed building?

Dimethyltryptamine, am I correct saying it's Australia's only world heritage listed building?

The Sydney Opera House is also one.

Of course :P

Two - count 'em - TWO world heritage buildings! :)

The Effeil tower