Discuss the current contest here. :)

:cheers:

Taj Mahal will surely win this.

It's difficult to imagine a more beautiful looking building.

Taj Mahal will surely win this.

It's difficult to imagine a more beautiful looking building.

Leeds Town Hall

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v246/Nicholas_Varley/Leeds/-474_200.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v246/Nicholas_Varley/Leeds/town20hall.jpg

I'm incredibly biased, however I'd vote for my own home city's Town Hall. It's a fabulous building, screams of Victorian classiness with a hint of arrogance and a touch of the gritty Northern character that fits the city in which it resides.

I like the dome as it's a little different. The inverted panels look amazing. In real life it's such an imposing, grand building that you can't keep your eyes off it!

Subliving.

Taj Mahal will surely win this.

It's difficult to imagine a more beautiful looking building.

I love Orvieto Cathedral

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/92/259670368_04cb6be237_b.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/110/282028347_e57ae845dc_b.jpg

^^

yes, but it doesn't have a dome. :?

some nice pictures of St-Peters basilica :


http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/9863/vatican3bt6.jpg


http://img182.imageshack.us/img182/8245/370927993ef3abb5098bmc4.jpg

http://img300.imageshack.us/img300/7516/321179852cf1ebc9f1ebar5.jpg

http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/4762/1471285987fd80af069bjq4.jpg

http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/7685/137956144f5591531d7bzt4.jpg

watching images above (st.peters) don't you think it isn't so dificult....

Sheikh Lotfollah mosque Isfahan, Iran

http://************/kcku8i.jpg

http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/2027/shirazz5590rl.jpg

http://www.photoportals.com/iran%20wpg/images/sheikh%20lotfollah%20mosque.jpg

http://www.historicisfahan.com/Images/Mosques/Lotfollah/LOTF18.JPG

http://www.historicisfahan.com/Images/Mosques/Lotfollah/LOTF11.JPG

http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/7506/jd1qh6.jpg

http://60.32.112.170/hyperjam/servlet/JDH.topsv?tm=005852676

I like all of 'em

Leeds Town Hall

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v246/Nicholas_Varley/Leeds/-474_200.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v246/Nicholas_Varley/Leeds/town20hall.jpg


:yes:

I love this building.

:yes:

I love this building.

I always take it as a personal compliment when someone says that about our Town Hall. Thank you!

Subliving.

Leeds has a fantastic town-hall, but I'd call that a cupola, not a dome.

Some notable domes from Melbourne, Australia:

1. Royal Exhibition Building

Constructed for the 1888 Exhibition, and inspired by Florence Cathedral, perhaps. Architect Joseph Reed.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v294/ooompaloompa123/Melbourne/Domes/rylexhb0968.jpg

Now on the World Heritage List, particularly because it is the (sole?) remaining building from the Crystal-Palace style edifices which were thrown up to showcase their cities in the late nineteenth century.

2. Flinders Street Station:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v294/ooompaloompa123/Melbourne/Domes/flst_5005.jpg

By night, from the opposite side:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v294/ooompaloompa123/Melbourne/Domes/flst_nt_2811.jpg

Designed by a couple of railway draughtsmen and constructed the first decade of the 20th Century, this building remains, essentially, the gateway to the city. In the last photo you can see the Anglican Cathedral, diagonally opposite. in the first photo, Eureka Tower, contestably the tallest residential building on Earth.

3. State Library, Melbourne.

Also constructed in the early years of the 20th Century, and apparently the largest reinforced concrete dome in the world at the time ...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v294/ooompaloompa123/Melbourne/Domes/lib5512.jpg

An inside view ...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v294/ooompaloompa123/Melbourne/Domes/libint0064.jpg

4. 333 Collins Street ... let's go commercial!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v294/ooompaloompa123/Melbourne/Domes/col333_0021.jpg

This 1980's domed office building encloses an earlier domed banking chamber ...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v294/ooompaloompa123/Melbourne/Domes/333int_0075.jpg

I guess that doesn't really prove it's domed.

5. Newman College, Melbourne University

Designed by Walter Burley Griffin, originally from Chicago, the architect/town-planner who designed Canberra, a very interesting building ... and a very interesting dome.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v294/ooompaloompa123/Melbourne/Domes/college5010.jpg

6. The Supreme Court

I'm starting to scratch the barrel here (not that I'm running out of domes!), but this is a very important building in this city ... figures in news bulletins, every week.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v294/ooompaloompa123/Melbourne/Domes/spct5366.jpg

7. State/Forum/Rapallo Theatre / Revival Centre ...

I love this building, but it needs some repair. I guess if Leeds Town Hall has just a cupola, this is a cupola too.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v294/ooompaloompa123/Melbourne/Domes/state0037.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v294/ooompaloompa123/Melbourne/Daily/IMG_2878crp3.jpg

8 Parliament House, Melbourne

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v294/ooompaloompa123/Melbourne/Public%20buildings/e1c10bf9.jpg

Like most American states, we aspired to have a dome on our state legislature, this building, but it never happened ...

Taj Mahal will surely win this.

It's difficult to imagine a more beautiful looking building.

Although Taj Mahal does look brilliant, nothin can beat the Hungarian parliament building ;)

Le Palais de justice à Bruxelles !

http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/9942/brussel2047ry2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Shot with Canon DIGITAL IXUS 850 IS. (http://profile.imageshack.us/camerabuy.php?model=Canon+DIGITAL+IXUS+850+IS.&make=Canon.) at 2007-06-23

Suleymaniye mosque's dome. :banana:

http://img264.imageshack.us/img264/1672/suleymaniyecamiiyw4.jpg

http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/6833/img1064copy0ga.jpg


http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/1449/img1055copy4cl.jpg


http://img162.imageshack.us/img162/2156/img1067copy2ev.jpg

http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/2599/img1065copy0mw.jpg

how about this? Palace of Justice in Putrajaya

I would have to go with the Taj Mahal myself..but cannot forget the Pantheon.:)

http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k40/toddguy/pantheon.jpg

Burj Mahal - Dubai

http://www.sunny16.be/sunny16/log/oostenrijk/images/012.jpg

Selimiye mosque Turkey

http://www.ojodigital.net/data/504/PICT0152minimini.jpg

http://pics.ww.com/d/12823-2/Selimiye+kubbe+_i___.jpg

http://www.ucalgary.ca/applied_history/tutor/imageislam/Selimiye.jpg

Reichstag Dome :D

http://www.panoramafactory.com/multirow/partial_h/reichstag.jpg

The Pantheon, offcourse.

the Frauenkirche, Dresden, Germany
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/196/473446542_ececbda694_o.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/16/90156876_24f0b8233b_b.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/49/167971447_f0375528dd_b.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1349/1398258679_5eb489f33b_b.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1281/1385775027_fd5e8865bb_b.jpg

^ The interiors are quite stunning. It's hard to picture a traditional-looking building like that with such a modern, yet tasteful interior fit for its purpose. The observation area at the top is great, too!

The Council House, Nottingham, England

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w222/stefan_long18/428009271_4b2be86a69.jpg

Christmas Lights & Ice Rink

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w222/stefan_long18/2072514026_d5265b9fa6_o.jpg

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w222/stefan_long18/2053773826_e67139374b_b.jpg

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w222/stefan_long18/2078180364_ef9835d2da_b.jpg

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w222/stefan_long18/2078178198_78f1ce0361_b.jpg

I always think of The Duomo

Frauenkirche

http://www.globalphotos.org/dresden/IMG_0695.jpg

http://www.globalphotos.org/dresden/IMG_0295.jpg

http://www.globalphotos.org/dresden/IMG_0290.jpg

http://www.globalphotos.org/dresden/IMG_0746.jpg

http://www.globalphotos.org/dresden/IMG_0749.jpg

http://www.globalphotos.org/dresden/IMG_0747.jpg

http://www.globalphotos.org/dresden/IMG_0756.jpg

The view

http://www.globalphotos.org/dresden/IMG_0764.jpg

http://www.globalphotos.org/dresden/IMG_0765.jpg

http://www.globalphotos.org/dresden/IMG_0775.jpg

http://www.globalphotos.org/dresden/IMG_0797.jpg

http://www.globalphotos.org/dresden/IMG_0804.jpg

http://www.globalphotos.org/dresden/IMG_0817.jpg

http://www.globalphotos.org/dresden/IMG_0823.jpg

http://www.globalphotos.org/dresden/IMG_0794.jpg

St Paul's Cathedral

http://www.essential-architecture.com/LO/026-StPaulsCathedral.jpg

http://image.guim.co.uk/Travel/gallery/2007/may/01/uk.scotland/StPauls_Chung1-6623.jpg

http://photos.vequias.com/d/2012-2/St_+Paul_s+Cathedral-+View+from+Top+10.JPG

http://inlinethumb39.webshots.com/4134/2736144770028425816S600x600Q85.jpg

taj mahal for me .....

Does St. Basil's in Moscow count as a domed building?

I'm just so surprised that no one's mentioned it, that's all.

Did we already finish discussing? :D

I went to Taj Mahal.

I always liked the Capitol Building in Washington D.C.

http://www.visitingdc.com/images/capitol-building-washington-dc.jpg

Gugenhiem Museum in NYC

Ha! When I read the title of this thread I thought it said 'Best Doomed building'... and I started reading and thought 'Holy crap, since when was the Taj Mahal doomed!?'... :doh:

Anyway, here's Grand Central Hall in Liverpool
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/MethodistGrandCentralHallLiverpool.jpg/450px-MethodistGrandCentralHallLiverpool.jpg

http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/430/sinandogandsc04365yh9.jpg

I always liked the Capitol Building in Washington D.C.

http://www.visitingdc.com/images/capitol-building-washington-dc.jpg

yep, this is also my #1.

San ildefonso Church (toledo)
http://www.patrimonio-humanidad.com/img/pa150001_toledo_iglesia_jesuitas.jpg
Toledo Cathedral
http://www.xihalife.com/u/0/10/10624/uploads/256/6816429684746536c69c99.jpg

Argentina' Legislative Congress

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/9/69450865_336e6191c2.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1401/1194198646_4964af0f69.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/85/234404614_bd136f0cd5.jpg

Tucuman Government House (are there domes or not? :lol:)

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3064/2549543672_67a5fce421.jpg

or most US State Capitols, including Virginia's

the US Capitol, then the Pantheon (America first, Europe second)

or most US State Capitols, including Virginia's!

I think it should be Bird Nest in Beijing.













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Pantheon hands down.

It's not even a contest.

http://www.artchive.com/artchive/r/roman/roman_pantheon.jpg http://intranet.arc.miami.edu/rjohn/images/HadrianicArchitecture/Dome%20view%20Pantheon.jpg

2nd place would go to the Duomo in Florence.

http://www.ivanweb.net/images/Mondo/Firenze/Duomo%20cupola1.jpg

Brussels

Justice (104m)
http://www.buildingsagency.be//realisatiefotos/PJ_VAP_080701_airprint_06.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v465/snot/best/GE5I5137.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v465/snot/best/couche_de_soleil_sur_bruxelles_vill.jpg


Basilica of the Sacred Heart (89m), largest building in Art Deco style in the world, 6th largest chuch in the world
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Basilica_of_the_Sacred_Heart.jpg/800px-Basilica_of_the_Sacred_Heart.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v465/snot/best/vers_la_basilique_colored_print.jpg

Turin
Mole Antonelliana (167,5m)
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2373/2097898965_eb7c97872f.jpg?v=0

Novara
San Gaudenzio basilica (121m)
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/106/370120919_ecab9b84c5.jpg?v=0

Riyadh, Ministry of Interior (UFO looking building)
http://pr.sv.net/svw/2004/september/images/100.jpg
http://www.s77.com/pic/data/media/130/w6ne_1.jpg

^^ I like that one. :okay:

But still, TAJ MAHAL!

You realize that this is a reconstruction of the original baroque church that was destroyed during WW2? Therefore it's not just a new building, everything was reconstructed from old document and photos from before the war, also old stone pieces were incorporated into the reconstruction.

^ The interiors are quite stunning. It's hard to picture a traditional-looking building like that with such a modern, yet tasteful interior fit for its purpose. The observation area at the top is great, too!

1) Pantheon, Rome



http://www.digitalapoptosis.com/archives/italy/Pantheon%20HDR3.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2310/2284069987_5ec435b888_o.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Pantheon_Rome-The_Dome.jpg/800px-Pantheon_Rome-The_Dome.jpg

Hello to everyone! I will give this little support to this thread. The pictures are from Metropolitan Cathedral of San Salvador, El Salvador; it has the biggest dome in Central America.

I'm pretty sure that this dome is very simple compared with some of the others that all of you have already posted before, but I believe that is interesting to see pictures from other latitudes. So I present, proudly, the dome of the Cathedral of San Salvador, city where I live. Enjoy! :)

http://img254.imageshack.us/img254/1148/147919563743e585cea7bjr3.jpg



http://img254.imageshack.us/img254/6764/1518498349f3884650abbbu0.jpg


http://img254.imageshack.us/img254/8361/12532715568e0c9c5612bpf9.jpg



http://img254.imageshack.us/img254/7647/2229342740f3731c99b5boe9.jpg

http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/2883/cathedcupulajd9.jpg

P.D. I do not own this pictures.

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2) Sanctuary of Vicoforte di Mondovì, Piemonte, Italia

(Apart from kidding, this is my n.2 favourite dome after Pantheon in Rome)

Largest elliptic dome in the world. (large 37,15 x 24,90)

The decoration in fresco of the 6,032 square metres of the cupola’s vault was completed in 1752 by Mattia Bortoloni and Felice Biella, and the sanctuary finally attained its current form in 1884, when the campanili were built along with the three façades.

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http://farm1.static.flickr.com/22/34851970_60327e1870_b.jpg

3) Santa Maria della Salute, Venezia, Italia

Number 3 in my list, after Pantheon and Sanctuary of Vicoforte

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3169/3060782991_4e8d6228ef_o.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3119/3218272466_04507c327e_o.jpg
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http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3208/2871060378_2615c11e1c_b.jpg

No one post put the Firenze's Duomo! I thought that it was one of the most famous domed buildings around the world, I was wrong?

The State House in Annapolis, MD, is the world's largest wooden dome and dates from the late 1700s.

http://pics4.city-data.com/cpicv/vfiles9862.jpg

The State House is Providence, RI, is the second largest self-supporting marble dome in the world after that at the Vatican.

http://www.planetware.com/i/photo/state-capitol-providence-ri107.jpg

San Fransisco's City Hall has a graceful dome.

http://www.planetware.com/i/photo/san-francisco-city-hall-san-francisco-casfch2.jpg

St. Paul, MN, has an impressive cathedral dome.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3177/2696390109_1be365d4ec.jpg

the pantheon for me..

What about this one, Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta


http://img509.imageshack.us/img509/1049/n810709835505272172.jpg (http://img509.imageshack.us/my.php?image=n810709835505272172.jpg)


http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/5964/21123514212bd2deb890.jpg (http://img411.imageshack.us/my.php?image=21123514212bd2deb890.jpg)



http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/2686/470724955141cc8a38f.jpg (http://img134.imageshack.us/my.php?image=470724955141cc8a38f.jpg)


http://img110.imageshack.us/img110/2980/867339809d536304367.jpg (http://img110.imageshack.us/my.php?image=867339809d536304367.jpg)


http://img110.imageshack.us/img110/5315/2597473974c61541b0b8.jpg (http://img110.imageshack.us/my.php?image=2597473974c61541b0b8.jpg)


View from the inside


http://img254.imageshack.us/img254/264/29484448011f02494e08.jpg (http://img254.imageshack.us/my.php?image=29484448011f02494e08.jpg)


http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/6053/dome.jpg (http://img237.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dome.jpg)

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Cool picture! :cheers:

^^
For the record, it was the first dome ever built.

^^
For the record, it was the first dome ever built.

And the biggest one.

BTW I prefer the "Cuppolone" :D


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http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2282/2590368793_e6d85f2953_b.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/90/244574415_5cde0facbc_b.jpg

Pantheon hands down.

It's not even a contest.

Agreed. Just the thought that they already had the knowledge and materials 2000 years ago to build this structure, let alone the fact that it has survived in pristine condition until this very day, is mind-boggling already.

how many great pics!
some different kind of dome:
Stupinigi- Torino
http://tinyurl.com/c9zddq
palazzetto dello sport-roma
http://tinyurl.com/dxouox
http://tinyurl.com/ctlhcx

(not so great but interesting, for me)

i think are really beautiful domes of persian and islamic central asian building, has anyone pics of them?

And the biggest one.

Actually, the Haghia Sophia has the largest dome in the world, followed by the Gol Gumbaz.

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Taj Mahal, India
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3025/2852977720_90bc901373.jpg?v=1221321896

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3272/3011004652_b7b3e63621.jpg?v=1226195500

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Sultan Ahmed Mosque also know as the Blue Mosque, Turkey
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1067/528097720_5abd87f92b.jpg?v=0

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3229/3152220418_62a73b01ac.jpg?v=0

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Actually, the Haghia Sophia has the largest dome in the world, followed by the Gol Gumbaz.

I mean the largest one.

Pantheon diameter: 43.4 metres
Florence Cathedral diameter: 42 metres
St. Peter Basilica diameter: 41.47 metres

Gol Gumbaz diameter: 37 metres
Hagia Soph diameter: 31.24 metres

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_world's_largest_domes

Actually, the Haghia Sophia has the largest dome in the world, followed by the Gol Gumbaz.

Nope.
Hagia Sophia: 31 meters in diameter.
Pantheon: 43 meters in diameter.

Edit: Pincho was faster. :D

Mosque Emir Abdelkader, Algeria
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taj mahal and blue mosque are always fantastic in every details, excellent pics!
Nice the algerian mosque, It's structure looks more a christian church, strange.

I mean the largest one.

Pantheon diameter: 43.4 metres
Florence Cathedral diameter: 42 metres
St. Peter Basilica diameter: 41.47 metres

Gol Gumbaz diameter: 37 metres
Hagia Soph diameter: 31.24 metres

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_world's_largest_domes



So it means Istiglal Mosque in Jakarta has the largest dome, since it has 45 m diameter, representing the year of Indonesian Independence's year 1945.

So it means Istiglal Mosque in Jakarta has the largest dome, since it has 45 m diameter, representing the year of Indonesian Independence's year 1945.

New Georgia Dome (1992)

diameter: 256 metres
Tensegrity structure

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/NewGeorgiaDome.JPG/800px-NewGeorgiaDome.JPG


Louisiana Superdome (1975)

diameter: 207 metres
Structural steel frame.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/24/Picture_of_Louisiana_Superdome.jpg

taj mahal and blue mosque are always fantastic in every details, excellent pics!
Nice the algerian mosque, It's structure looks more a christian church, strange.

Taj Mahal is my favorite building hands down, just wish there were more interior shots around.

New Georgia Dome (1992)

diameter: 256 metres
Tensegrity structure

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/NewGeorgiaDome.JPG/800px-NewGeorgiaDome.JPG



Damn that's the ugliest dome i ever seen.....:nuts:

^^ I don't think stadiums and expo centers should be included... :ohno:

Palace of Parliment, Bucharest.

While it have a "small" 42m dome, the sheer size of the building make it look insignificant.

http://www.asociatiabucuresti.ro/foto/simboluri-parlament4.jpg http://bucuresti.romaniaexplorer.com/img_1184207575_15470_1184207577.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Bukarest_Parlament.jpg/800px-Bukarest_Parlament.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Bukarest1.jpg/800px-Bukarest1.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/99/Palatul_Parlamentului_Deckenleuchter_%28ge%C3%A4ndert%29.JPG

:cheers:

Damn that's the ugliest dome i ever seen.....:nuts:

True :lol:

Modern domes are built in reinforced concrete or structural steel frame, the ancient ones was built in stone. Pantheon dome is the largest unreinforced solid concrete dome in the world till present.

Lahore: Badshahi Mosque

http://www.rawde.sounah.info/wp-content/uploads/2006/01/Badshahi%20Mosque,%20pakistan.jpg


http://www.sacred-destinations.com/pakistan/images/lahore/badshahi-mosque/night-from-iqbal-park-cc-jzakariya-350.jpg


Entrance gate

http://blog.ratestogo.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/badshahi-masjid-lahore.jpg


http://img5.travelblog.org/Photos/30528/191274/f/1514469-Badshahi-Mosque-from-Cooco-s-Cafe-1.jpg


http://changinguppakistan.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/badshahi-mosque1.jpg

dome of the rock

http://img2.travelblog.org/Photos/12661/112393/f/759564-Dome-of-the-Rock-0.jpg
from:http://www.travelblog.org/Photos/759564.html

http://www.samrohn.com/wp-content/panorama/pano/dome-of-the-rock.jpg
from:http://www.samrohn.com/360-panorama/dome-of-the-rock-jerusalem

Sheikh Zayed Mosque, UAE
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^^ Holley Molley, that's simply amazing.....

I would love to say a prayer in this mosque..... simply amazing interior

Synagogue in Florence, Italy

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I would love to say a prayer in this mosque..... simply amazing interior

It is an amazing structure and thus far under appreciated by most, It has only been a short since it was constructed, hopefully it will get the recognition it deserves.

It is an amazing structure and thus far under appreciated by most, It has only been a short since it was constructed, hopefully it will get the recognition it deserves.
Unlike Malls, Hotels and other "stuff" religious buildings, the older they are, the most famous they are. Although it is illegal for non-Muslims to enter mosques in the United Arab Emirates, this mosque will be an exception. The Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority announced that tours of the mosques will be given to both Muslims and non-Muslims beginning in mid-March 2008 in order to promote cultural and religious understanding.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Samaniden-Mausoleum_2006.jpg/800px-Samaniden-Mausoleum_2006.jpg

The Mausoleum of the Samanids, Bukhara, Uzbekistan, ca. 914-43.

Hey I thought I would bring some contesters from Scandinavia:

The Stockholm Globe, this thread wouldn't be complete without it:

http://www.nordqvist.cc/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/globen_1000.jpg

http://storasyster.webbop.fi/data/storasyster/images/xl/xl_globen.jpg

http://www.huddingehockey.com/bjorkangen/globen2.jpg

The Copenhagen Marble Church:

http://www.silkets.dk/files/billeder/0%20Bygge%20og%20Anlaegsskolen/2008%20Bygge%20og%20Anlaeg/Nyheder/Koebenhavnertur/423px-Marmorkirken_Copenhagen_front_550.jpg

http://www.lejerbo.org/upload/marmor_kirken_1.jpg

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Santa Maria della Steccata, Parma (Italy)
photos from flickr
http://tinyurl.com/pcjlu5

http://tinyurl.com/r4bbwr

http://tinyurl.com/p7t2qn

http://tinyurl.com/pvkq55

Montepulciano, near Siena, Italy
S.Biagio
http://tinyurl.com/oldp9k
http://tinyurl.com/q5gtem
http://tinyurl.com/opza8r
http://tinyurl.com/pz89vl

if you have never been in Venice,
San Simeone Piccolo is one of the first things you can see arriving by train...
(but now it's half hide cause restoration)

http://tinyurl.com/p4rw8g

St. Peter's Basilica

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Vatikan_Szent_Peter_kupola.jpg/450px-Vatikan_Szent_Peter_kupola.jpg

My local favorite, the Louisiana Superdome. They are currently replacing the aluminum cladding... should look awesome when completed.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/100/251831532_ff3ea30a7e_o.jpg

Emirates Palace, UAE

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Taj Mahal will surely win this.

It's difficult to imagine a more beautiful looking building.


Hmm... how about this building ?

Shah Alam masjid.
pics by me

http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/9936/img0112omb.jpg (http://img24.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img0112omb.jpg)


http://img504.imageshack.us/img504/6065/img0106w.jpg (http://img504.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img0106w.jpg)

That's a beautiful Masjid Skyprince, do you have anymore pics of it?

Hmm... how about this building ?


Do you HONESTLY believe that is more impressive than the Taj Mahal?

Dôme des Invalides, paris

http://www.delange.org/Paris1/Dome%27_Des_Invalides.jpg

Saint Petersburg, Russia...
Smolny Cathedral (By Italian architect Bartolomeo Rastrelli)
http://tinyurl.com/pw5dn6
http://tinyurl.com/o7ydde
http://tinyurl.com/punhw9

Wien, Austria.
Steinhof church, by Otto Wagner
http://tinyurl.com/rbqgrt

http://tinyurl.com/qcyed6

http://tinyurl.com/ohc2po

http://tinyurl.com/qbhmgc

Wouldn't say this is the best dome but in the new world our Royal Exhibition Building Dome has some historic meaning as the place where our Government first stood for the Federation of Australia in 1901.....and this building is the first Australian Building with World Heratige listing....and it's the only World Exhibition Building still existing from the 19th century.
http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/7880/reb5medium.jpg (http://img43.imageshack.us/my.php?image=reb5medium.jpg)
http://img194.imageshack.us/img194/7139/picture020medium.jpg (http://img194.imageshack.us/my.php?image=picture020medium.jpg)

Umayyad Mosque, Syria

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Very beautiful buildings! Especially Agia Sofia, Pantheon and Taj Mahal.
Surely not the most impressive, but still the largest Byzantine style cathedral in the Balkans and among the largest Orthodox cathedrals in the world:

Agios Andreas (Saint Andreas/Andrews), Patra, Greece:

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/67/167163035_108fe0a835_b.jpg
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Evangelistria cathedral in Chania, (dedicated to Annunciation) Crete island, Greece.
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Kul-Sharif Mosque, Russia

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2396/2199684890_cf99f270e2_b.jpg

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The Astrodome. LOL, just kidding but this is a good picture of it.

http://www.baldheretic.com/pics/houston/bhdomehdr.jpg

I think this comp is over, but what do you think of Victoria Square in Belfast? (Its also the pic in my av)

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Credit: irishviews.com

Why limit yourselves to just one dome?

http://img684.imageshack.us/img684/7255/99036330.jpg

Photo: Nikolai Malykh.

Info and More Photos:

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=58881335&postcount=1701
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=58884125&postcount=1702

http://www.sfu.ca/archaeology/museum/danielle_longhouse/keepers/igloos.jpg

Source:
http://www.sfu.ca/archaeology/museum/danielle_longhouse/keepers/housing.html

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Christian_Science_Mother_Church,_Boston,_Massachusetts.JPG/800px-Christian_Science_Mother_Church,_Boston,_Massachusetts.JPG

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Christian_Science_Center2.jpg/450px-Christian_Science_Center2.jpg

Why limit yourselves to just one dome?

http://www.gloricism.com/images/architecture/collection/031.jpg

Church of the Protection of the Holy Virgin - original: 1708, Ankhimovo (Vologda oblast), architect Nestor - accurate restoration using measurements of the original: 2003-2008, Novosaratovka, Nevsky Forest Preserve (Leningrad oblast), architect Aleksandr Opolovnikov - [picture source (http://fotki.yandex.ru/users/nmalykh/view/37959?page=0)]

Stunning.

Originally the Tabernacle was built without any nails. The famed acoustics are so good a pin dropped at the pulpit under the organ pipes can be heard in any part of the room.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2385/2123158951_52cf96c579.jpg

http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2007/04/02/us/02mormon.600.jpg

http://info.aia.org/aiarchitect/thisweek07/0817/0817d_tabernacle1_b.jpg

This is how the Tabernacle looked in the late 1800's.

http://content.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/tf0g5008hc/hi-res

My vote goes to Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, South Pole, Antarctica.

http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m243/southtek/Ceremonial_South_Pole.jpg
image: wikipedia

Rila Monastery in Bulgaria

http://users.mrl.uiuc.edu/petrov/manastiri/rila/rila.html

http://users.mrl.uiuc.edu/petrov/manastiri/rila/rila39.jpg

http://www.bgimages.org/bg/manastiri/rila/rila-aerial01.jpg

http://www.bgimages.org/bg/manastiri/rila/rila-tsurkva04.jpg

http://www.bgimages.org/bg/manastiri/rila/rila-tsurkva05.jpg

http://www.bgimages.org/bg/manastiri/rila/rila-frescoes02.jpg

http://users.mrl.uiuc.edu/petrov/manastiri/rila/rila37.jpg


This is the chimney of the kitchen. Its technically not a dome, but still pretty cool:
http://users.mrl.uiuc.edu/petrov/manastiri/rila/rila36.jpg

Rogers Centre, Toronto Canada (lmao)

kidding

but the Japanese Dome Houses are pretty neat. I haven't seen anything like that before

http://www.myartpage.com/images/Nature/Domed%20Tent.jpg

The West Baden Springs Hotel
http://www.hotel-online.com/News/PR2007_2nd/WestBadenSpringsmodel.gif
http://kentuckylaw.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/08/03/west_baden_3_2.jpg

http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/7506/jd1qh6.jpg

http://60.32.112.170/hyperjam/servlet/JDH.topsv?tm=005852676

I want to live there :O

what about the sacred heart basilic in paris?

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or the golden dome of the invalides?

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/168/421645797_732718296f.jpg

an interesting italian domed building, not too known outside italy, i think. "San Gaudenzio" church, Novara

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photos from web

Modica, Sicily.
San Giorgio cathedral
http://i45.************/1z2dhkw.jpg

http://i45.************/ykk74.jpg
photos from the web

the Sindone Chapel, Turin.
http://i45.************/qo6ibr.jpg

http://i45.************/29av6ki.jpg
photos from the web.

another one
Colleoni chapel, Bergamo (italy)
http://i50.************/ngww8i.jpg

http://i47.************/mr8odg.jpg
photos from the web

St Stephen's. Budapest, Hungary.
http://i45.************/2up78m9.jpg

http://i47.************/25ib4ee.jpg

http://i48.************/9iyf6f.jpg
Phtos from wikipedia

St Blasien. Germany.
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http://i48.************/9vco7s.jpg

photos from wikipedia

Kizhi island, on lake Onega, Russia
Transiguration church (whit 22 domes, it's made up entirely of wood)
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photos from wikipedia

Church of San Francesco di Paola, Naples, Italy

Perhaps the finest building ever designed after the Pantheon's prototype.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4010/4316986277_ee0680fc55_o.jpg

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/porco_rosso/3550737455/

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City Hall - Belfast

http://img709.imageshack.us/img709/4341/belfastcityhall.jpg



Victoria Terminus Railway Station - Mumbai

http://img806.imageshack.us/img806/5789/21321020448fe0b5df5cb.jpg
Flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/e_marie/2132102044/sizes/l/in/photostream/)


Parliament Building - Budapest

http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/8933/dsdssi.jpg

NOne better than this won...winner of all time!
http://bollywoodfoodclub.files.wordpress.com/2007/11/taj_mahal_small.jpg

http://www.funxite.com/media/2047-taj-mahal-wallpapers.jpg

Another notable church
Karlskirche. Wien.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3648/3683637288_7fe8c77ba0_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulmalon/3683637288/sizes/l/

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4042/4666198188_9a0b11b337.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lamouroux/4666198188/sizes/m/

http://www.topsightseeing.com/austria/vienna/images/karlskirche2.jpg

San Pietro in Montorio temple. Rome.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2425/3563600591_556e3b962d.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/21708477@N06/3563600591/sizes/m/

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4081/4747537841_c4629ee48d.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/canecrabe/4747537841/sizes/m/

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4038/4289908403_f911f3be92.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bramhall/4289908403/sizes/m/

Padova (Italy). Basilica di Sant' Antonio.
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/87/233450014_b95a785a85_b.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2141/3530484905_3c1e630623.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cascotie/3530484905/

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2394/2248313691_64b08ca3a9.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/copetan/2248313691/sizes/m/

Pisa (Italy). Baptistry

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2603/3994705963_9b4c2df540_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pinomoscato/3994705963/sizes/l/

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3003/2888022929_4a5ab67483.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/14663675@N08/2888022929/

http://www.globopix.net/foto/toscana/pisa_IT04PI064.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/cd/Battistero_Pisa_interno.jpg

Gol Gumbaz mausoleum, India.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/GolGumbaz2.jpg/1024px-GolGumbaz2.jpg (http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:GolGumbaz2.jpg)
GolGumbaz2 (http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:GolGumbaz2.jpg) [Public domain], by Ashwatham at en.wikipedia, from Wikimedia Commons

Hagia Sophia and the Blue Mosque (Sultanahmet) from Istanbul
http://g.imagehost.org/0970/44579475_TheBlueMosqueIstanbul4.jpg (http://g.imagehost.org/view/0970/44579475_TheBlueMosqueIstanbul4)
http://g.imagehost.org/0826/Sultanahmet_Mosque_through_the_flowers.jpg (http://g.imagehost.org/view/0826/Sultanahmet_Mosque_through_the_flowers)
http://g.imagehost.org/0783/1251954279jM6sIRr.jpg (http://g.imagehost.org/view/0783/1251954279jM6sIRr)
http://g.imagehost.org/0730/24330_380062976005_243757151005_4228687_5075310_n.jpg (http://g.imagehost.org/view/0730/24330_380062976005_243757151005_4228687_5075310_n)
http://g.imagehost.org/0567/20636_283568421005_243757151005_3934996_8129144_n.jpg (http://g.imagehost.org/view/0567/20636_283568421005_243757151005_3934996_8129144_n)
http://g.imagehost.org/0181/20636_283568276005_243757151005_3934976_5308675_n.jpg (http://g.imagehost.org/view/0181/20636_283568276005_243757151005_3934976_5308675_n)

This is easy: Saint Sophia (Constantinopole) and the Pantheon (Rome).

Central station in antwerp, first and only building that ever gave me fear of heights when standing on the ground.

http://www.dailytravelphotos.com/images/2010/100324_antwerp_belgium_train_station_inside_cupola_dome_ceiling%27_travel_photography_MG_1516.jpg

http://www.dailytravelphotos.com/images/2010/100325_antwerp_belgium_centraal_station_steps_ceiling_dome_facade_travel_photography_MG_1438.jpg

http://www.lijn-12.be/stations/centraal.jpg


http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Lb7DEaQXI1k/TaAlcCglEzI/AAAAAAAAAAg/Fha5QEbVFnw/s1600/centraal-station-antwerpen-uit-je-bijzonder-cultureel.jpg

^^ Very impressive Antwerp building!

Probably nothing new, not seen in this thread already, but can't help it.
http://photo.johnwurth.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/7-16-2009_Rome_St_Peters__MG_9653.jpg
St. Peters
http://www.digitalapoptosis.com/archives/italy/St-Peters%20inside%20HDR.jpg
Scale and the history is enough to make it my favorite. Have been 3 times in Rome and visited St Peters everytime.

http://www.skyscrapercenter.com/images/albums/userpics/10002/AEGONCenter_overall_MG.jpg

It's AEGON center. :cheers:

Norfolk Scope
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Norfolk_Scope2.JPG/640px-Norfolk_Scope2.JPG
Zoo in Nebraska
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Henry_Doorly_Zoo_Desert_Dome_56.JPG/640px-Henry_Doorly_Zoo_Desert_Dome_56.JPG

The U.S Capitol Building is the best domed building in the U.S, and top 5 in the World. Its architecture is simply splendid. It has just the right dimensions. Not too tall, not too wide, just right. The columns, the leafing design, the 4 level wedding cake design.

But I think its symbolism may be more important than its design. I think no other dome in the world can conjure up such varied emotions across the political spectrum and in global politics. From patriotism, protest, hate, cynicism and hope in the prospects of progress through democracy. The politics that go through this building, the debates, the policies, the Presidential State of the Union speeches, carries a lot of weight that reverberates through the social, economic and political fabric of American life. To foreigners it may represent the successes of American leadership, to some it represents quite the opposite; the failures, setbacks and abuses of American power. In all I think the Capitol Dome captures all the glory and tribulations of democracy.

http://www.teslasociety.com/pictures/capital/c2.jpg

http://cdn2.planetminecraft.com/files/resource_media/screenshot/1239/US-capitol_3710280.jpg

http://perspectives.charlesluck.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/United-States-government.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9b/Capitol_flag.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/34/USCapitolRotunda.JPG

Berliner Dom, Berlin :
http://i1277.photobucket.com/albums/y481/samolymp/Divers/P4230048_zps8133cf4f.jpg (http://s1277.photobucket.com/user/samolymp/media/Divers/P4230048_zps8133cf4f.jpg.html)
Reichstag, Berlin :
http://i1277.photobucket.com/albums/y481/samolymp/Divers/P3220099_zps512606a6.jpg (http://s1277.photobucket.com/user/samolymp/media/Divers/P3220099_zps512606a6.jpg.html)
http://i1277.photobucket.com/albums/y481/samolymp/Divers/P4240241_zpsc234416f.jpg (http://s1277.photobucket.com/user/samolymp/media/Divers/P4240241_zpsc234416f.jpg.html)

Umaid Bhavan palace,Jodhpur,India
http://www.mongrelmedia.com/data/ftp/India%20Reborn/25%20%20The%20Umaid%20Bhawan%20Palace%20in%20Jodhpur,%20Rajastan.jpg
http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/529324_526803510692205_910578659_n.jpg
http://cdn.naturalhighsafaris.com/cdn/made/cdn/uploads/camp_images/New/India/Rajasthan/Umaid%20Bhawan/27652819-H1-Palace-Exterior-2_940_529_80_s_c1.jpg
http://travelraja.com/cyber/uploads/119108jodhpur-umaid-bhawan-palace.jpg
http://daltonkakoty.files.wordpress.com/2012/12/main_home.jpg?w=900
http://www.infomela.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/umaid-bhawan-palace1.jpg
http://rajasthanpedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Umaid-Bhawan-Palace-Jodhpur-18.jpg

Humayun tomb,New Delhi,India
http://cdn.howzzit.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/07_Humayuns-Tomb.jpg?907026
http://www.incredibleindiaholidays.org/dynImages/attraction/1344337843.jpg
http://www.ejiusa.com/india_city_details/Humayuns'tomb.jpg
http://i1.trekearth.com/photos/2920/india2006_image_008_0039.jpg
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--0sPienpAOE/TwsbIUereBI/AAAAAAAABCU/PQN0_7pM0Cc/s1600/1.JPG