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The building is a reconstruction of the House of the Narawa family, originally made in the mid-18th century, or the Edo period. With wooden and concrete outer walls, the house has a rectangular floor plan emphasized by its yosemune-zukuri (four-sided…

The largest of its kind, the building is a longhouse measured to be 32 meters in length and 9.8 meters in width, with a floor area of approximately 250 square meters. It takes an oval shape on a pitted floor. Its internal structure or skeleton…

The Nash Conservatory is a rectangular structure tucked away along the outskirts of a forest. There is a large path leading up to the conservatory, with trees and plants that follow alongside it. The building itself is made mainly of glass, with its…

The layout of the Ely Cathedral is that of a cross, with two large towers protruding into the sky at the cross's intersection and at its feet. The cathedral is about 21 stories tall, and the length of one and a half football fields. The main entrance…

A staged platform building built upon a hill overlooking the entire Todai-ji complex. The building serves as a temple to celebrate the second lunar month. Despite the original having been burnt down multiple times, it kept getting rebuilt. It's…

The Blue Mosque serves as Afghanistan's vital Islamic monument and stands as a prominent Timurid architectural feature throughout Central Asia. The mosque features thousands of blue tiles which create geometric and floral designs that represent…

The Great Mosque of Herat consists of a four-iwan courtyard design which uses brick construction and blue and turquoise glazed tiles to create star patterns and calligraphic and arabesque designs on its exterior walls. The northern iwan leads…

A simple hall in the style of 18th century Daibutsuyō style that developed as a blend of all the styles that mixed in the complex over the centuries. It serves as a hall for meditation and smaller more intimate rituals. Despite all the times it has…

The Old Town District of Wichita centers around a massive 1942 wartime warehouse, a reinforced-concrete and brick structure built as part of the city’s logistical network supporting World War II production. Originally conceived as a utilitarian…

Ponce City Market is a vast early-20th-century industrial complex that merges the architectural language of American warehouse construction with subtle Art Deco flourishes, most prominently displayed in its central clock tower. Built in 1926 as a…