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Great Buildings Collection Web Site.
This site can be searched by the name of the famous building, the architect, or the name of the place the building is in.The Cities and Buildings Database.
University of Washington, Digital Collections
A photographic database of buildings and cities from around the world. A keyword search can be made by typing the name of the building into the search box.The Great Structures of the World
Famous Structures
This web site provides information and images of 22 of the world's greatest structures. Select a country first and then a building.
This site provides facts about structures from the ancient to the modern times. Although mostly European, scroll down the page for famous American structures. This site has some distracting advertising on its page.
Modern Wonders
This site provides images of significant structures that were built in the modern era. These include the Sydney Opera House, the Petronas Towers, the Aswan High Dam, The Golden Gate Bridge, the Empire State Building, the Channel Tunnel,Hoover Dam and more. Includes links to sites with more information.Index of Art Historical Sites
Galleries of photographs of European and North American architecture. First select the country (Austria / Canada / Egypt / France / Great Britain / Greece / India / Ireland / Italy / Pakistan / Poland / Spain / United States) and then browse through the cities and towns to locate the famous structures.A Photographic guide
Provides a guide to Egyptian, Greek, Islamic and Romanesque architecture, indexed by localities, subjects and periods.Links to Famous Building Pages
Photos and information about The Taj Mahal, The Great Wall of China, The Colosseum, The Pyramids of Giza, The Eiffel Tower, The Sydney Opera House, The Leaning Tower of Pisa, The Statue of Liberty, Buckingham Palace and The White House.Architecture Through the Ages
Famous Structures
Think Quest entry. An introduction to world architecture produced by American students. This site provides images, and information about Egyptian, Chinese, Aztec, Mayan, Greek Roman and Gothic buildings.
Provides links to many famous structures including buildings, bridges, castles and dams.
Famous Structures
Provides a small amount of information about and some links to Ancient, Later European, Asian, African and US structures. Includes some advertising.Great Engineering Feats
Find out about the Channel Tunnel, Panama Canal, the Eiffel Tower and moreWonders of the World Databank
Browse this databank, which has links to information about famous bridges, dams, domes, skyscrapers, tunnels and more.Building Big : Dome basics - Find out about ancient, modern and famous domes
Modern Domes - Find out about Roman and Byzantine Domes and other domes
World domes and history - Famous domes in Europe, Japan and North America
Building big: All about skyscrapers - Find out about these buildings.
World's tallest buildings ranked - Buildings in shaded boxes are not completed or are no longer standing. For completed buildings, scroll down. Building heights and rankings are often disputed.
List of tallest buildings in the world - In this list, only buildings with continuous occupiable floors (high-rise buildings) are included.
Official World's 200 Tallest High-rise Buildings - This list provides links with information about each skyscraper.
World's tallest towers - A timeline of all skyscrapers holding the title of tallest building in the world from 1890 to the present.
Tallest 25 buildings in the world - Pictures of the 25 tallest buildings. Click on the pictures for more information
Building big: All about dams - Find out about dam basics and famous dams
World's largest dams - Provides a list in order of size
Three Gorges Dam - The Great Wall Across the Yangtze - Read about this massive project and its problems.
Great wall across the Yangtze - Read the story about the project and the problems
Bridges - TA page of links to information about the different types of bridges and famous bridges
Building big: All about tunnels - Find out about dam basics and famous dams.
List of tunnels by length - A table listing the name and location of the tunnel, the type of tunnel and its length. Also provided is a separate list of tunnels under construction, the longest continuous rock tunnel, railroad tunnels, subways and other tunnels.
Buildings of the world
Download pattern sheets and instructions to create 3D paper models of famous buildings, such as the Eiffel Tower, Tower Bridge, Sydney Opera House, Notre Dame and many more.Famous Buildings of the World - a Learning by Discovery cross curricular project.
Great Engineering Feats - Classroom Activity - It's A Wonder!Higher and higher: Amazing skyscrapers - Lesson plan
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© 2002-2007 Jackie Miers
Magill Primary School
South Australia
Page last updated: May 20, 2007
