]]> - 14th - 15th century: chapels were added
-17th century: Christian IVs Chapel added a Renaissance style burial chapel
-18th - 19th century: Frederick Vs chapel added a neoclassical style
-1995: Designated a UNESCO world heritage site
- 20th century: restoration and preservation initiated]]> - Tallest point reaches 43 meters. ]]> - Granite.
- Wood.
- Copper.
- Limestone.
- Sandstone.
]]> Upon entering the ground level the family PlayLab is to the right with underground adventure and bioacoustics being to the left. Further in is the Egypt exhibit and Siragusa center. Finally all the way in the western wing of the ground level is the 3D movie theatre and the Harris collection.
Upon entering from the main level from the outside, visitors must pass under four tall sand-colored pillars at the entrance. The main architecture in the center of the building inside the main level is a bright white color. A long skylight allows for natural light to enter the area. Neoclassical pillars hold up the structure near the entrances to the different wings. Skeleton replicas of a titanosaur and a Spinosaurus are present in the main entrance areas of the building, along with some in-life replicas of two fighting elephants, some small pterosaurs, and a Quetzalcoatlus. The west wing on this floor is mostly dedicated to animals with two sections specifically focusing on birds and mammals. The east wing has two main focuses: indigenous American history and reptiles.
The upper level is more varied than the other levels. The east wing contains a fossil section, Chinese history area, plants section, and a small room on the southern point of the building for jades. There is also a small room on the northern side of the east wing displaying Audubon’s bird illustrations. The west wing contains a restoring Earth exhibit, a room about women and people of color in science, and a pacific history section. There is also a small room on the southern end of this level for gems. There is also a statue of a life-size standing Quetzalcoatlus in the center northern section of this floor.
]]> ]]> The Shōkōken Tea House is a small rectangular building that has a single low level with a sloping tiled roof. It has a very simple frame. It’s surrounded by the garden. It is a single-story structure. The entrance is low and modest, it is requiring visitors to bow slightly as they step inside. The floor is covered with tatami mats. The Circulation is minimal, visitors enter directly into the tearoom, which opens visually to the garden through sliding doors. Movement is calm, controlled, and ceremonial, and it’s divided into a 4.5-mat layout. Sliding shōji screens open toward the garden, letting in soft, diffused light. The structure is simple, and the materials used in this tea house are wooden posts, plaster walls, and bamboo details. Inside the house, there are ornaments, and only natural textures of wood and paper, with shadows shifting gently across the space.

]]> Interpretive reading: This tea house was built for quiet gatherings and the ritual of the tea ceremony. Its small scale creates intimacy, while the natural materials encourage harmony with nature. The humble entrance and minimal decoration reflect the values of wabi-sabi, finding beauty in simplicity. Unlike nearby castles or temples, the tea house is not about power but about refinement, reflection, and calm. It serves as a cultural balance, offering a place for stillness and connection.]]> The Shōkōken Tea House was built in 1992 and was a part of Kōkō-en Garden to celebrate Himeji City’s 100th anniversary.]]> The visitors will experience the aesthetics of Japanese tea ceremony culture in close proximity to Himeji Castle, that balances the monumental military architecture with domestic cultural refinement.]]> https://www.japan-experience.com/sites/default/files/images/content_images/kokoengarden3.jpg]]> https://visit-himeji.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Koko-en-Garden05-640x400.jpg]]> https://visit-himeji.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Koko-en-Garden04-640x400.jpg]]> ]]> https://archive.org/details/architectureauth0000coal ]]> https://www.japan.travel/en/us/blog/himeji-koko-en-garden/ ]]> Longitude: 134.6928° E]]>
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The building had played a religious purpose as a meeting ground for the Ngāti Awa tribe. The large roof provides shade for the porch, and the wood in which this structure was made was easily accessible. This building provokes a ritual movement as a sensory experience. ]]>
Its patterns are simplistic ones that you would find common for not only this domestic type structure, but for the domestic types of the region. Light enters through those windows. With its simple and compact structure, the shadows cast on the inside may be similar to those found in that of an ordinary structure. It is a similar effect with the structure on the outside, simple cast shadows caused by simple shapes. Wood plays a big role in the structure’s build. The pillars that help make up the front of the structure as well as the base structure appear to be made up of this wood. In addition to the wood, there are stones underneath the structure that elevate it. The structure plays a role in the cultural aspect of raising one of the most pulverizing celebrities and its region’s styles. In addition, Its build signals a working class status of the region and the structure’s time period.

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(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/46/Elvis_Presley%27s_birth_home_in_Tupelo%2C_Mississippi_LCCN2011633697.jpeg)]]> Inside, Ben’s Chili Bowl preserves a rare authentic mid-20th-century dinner interior. The long counter, classic stools, narrow circulation path, and textured wall surfaces remain largely intact, accompanied by new layers of cultural memory: photographs of civil rights leaders, musicians, and presidents who have visited the restaurant. Renovations in 2008 strengthened the building’s structure and systems while keeping its historic materials and language design intact.
Over time, the building transitioned from a silent movie theater to a family-run dinner that withstood the 1968 riots, economic decline, and urban renewal. Today, Ben’s Chili Bowl stands not only as a beloved local landmark but also as an architectural marker of continuity in a rapidly changing city, its preserved storefront and dinner interior embodying the cultural and social history of Washington, D.C.’s U Street corridor.
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Builder - Early 20th-century construction commissioned for the Minnehaha Theater (specific contractor not widely documented)]]> https://photos.cinematreasures.org/production/photos/292680/1575353793/small.jpg?1575353793
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]]> - Wilson, K., 2020. Why Ben’s Chili Bowl, Home of the Half-Smoke, Is Hallowed Ground in D.C. AFAR [online]. 17 February. Available at: https://www.afar.com/magazine/why-bens-chili-bowl-in-washington-dc-is-a-dining-destination
[Accessed 8 December 2025].
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- Minnehaha Theater in Washington, DC - Cinema treasures (no date). https://cinematreasures.org/theaters/18967.
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- Robinson, E. (2025) 'A Washington landmark: Ben’s Chili Bowl,' Boundary Stones [Preprint]. https://boundarystones.weta.org/2017/12/07/washington-landmark-bens-chili-bowl.
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- Andrews, D. (2023) 'Ben’s Chili Bowl offering free Half Smokes to celebrate 65th anniversary,' WTOP News, 22 August. https://wtop.com/dc/2023/08/bens-chili-bowl-offering-free-half-smokes-to-celebrate-65th-anniversary/.
]]> The funerary complex of Shah-i-Zinda in Samarkand features a narrow processional corridor that contains mausoleums that display their exterior walls through intense turquoise and cobalt tilework. The complex follows a sequence of vaulted spaces and pointed arched portals, which produce a visual rhythm to lead visitors through the passage toward the tomb chambers of Central Asian nobles and religious leaders. The mosaic faience surfaces display Timurid decorative elements through geometric stars and floral motifs, and Quranic inscriptions, which create sacred identity through repetitive color patterns. The pilgrimage site of Shah-i-Zinda served a dual purpose to honor religious figures and display imperial power, which demonstrates how Timurid Samarkand used funerary architecture to create religious experiences and preserve imperial history.]]> Individual architects and patrons unknown]]> (restorations continued into the 19th–20th centuries)]]> Image 2: Creative Commons
Image 3: Creative Commons
Image 4: Creative Commons]]> Functional type: Funerary / Pilgrimage]]> ]]> ]]> Longitude: 66.9989 E]]> ]]> 2. https://www.britannica.com/place/Mall-of-America
3. https://www.mallofamerica.com/upload/MOA_Directory_Spring2017.pdf]]> ]]> Shimizu Corporation]]> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:20030727_27_July_2003_Tokyo_International_Exhibition_Center_Big_Sight_Odaiba_Tokyo_Japan.jpg)

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