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Paris Eiffel Tower

Eiffel Tower Designed by Gustave Eiffel's engineering company, Lead by Chief Engineer Maurice Koechlin and Architect Stephen Sauvestre. Start Date January 28, 1887 and Completed March 15, 1889. Eiffel Tower was built as the entrance arch to the 1889 Exposition Universelle World’s Fair, held to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the French Revolution.

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Paris The Church of Saint Eustache

The Church of Saint-Eustache in Paris is one of the most architecturally significant churches in the city, embodying a rich blend of Gothic and Renaissance styles. Located in the Les Halles district, near the center of Paris, it reflects centuries of French religious, architectural, and cultural history. Construction began in 1532 and lasted over a century, finally completing in 1637. The church was built to replace a smaller chapel dedicated to Saint Eustache, a Roman general who converted to Christianity and was martyred.

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Paris The Centre Georges-Pompidou

The Centre National D’Art Et De Culture Georges-Pompidou look like a huge spaceship made of glass. A unique architecture that turns the usual building inside out of steel and coloured tubing. A vast multidisciplinary structure designed by Competion Winner Architect Renzo Piano & Richard Rogers. Steel Structure and Mechanical Electrical design by engineers Ted Happold and Peter Rice of Ove Arup. 

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Paris Notre Dame Cathedral

Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris has a long and storied history, beginning with a Roman temple in the 4th century, then a Merovingian basilica (Saint-Étienne) in the 400s, and finally, the current Gothic cathedral built between 1163 and 1345. The cathedral is a masterpiece of Gothic architecture, incorporating flying buttresses, immense stained glass windows, and rose windows. 

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Paris Saint Denis Pleyel Bridge - Sun, Rain and Wind are the musicians

This Architecural Sound Artwork results from a close collaboration between the sound architect and composer Nadine Schütz and the architect-engineer Marc Mimram. It proposes a new approach to art and music in public spaces by considering them an integral part of a place-making process. The three sound installations combine mechanical and electro-acoustic as well as pre-recorded and generative components that augment each other, thus exploring composition based on environmental interaction in different ways.

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Paris Sacre Coeur

The Sacré-Cœur Basilica in Paris, France, was built as a symbol of national penance and reconciliation after the Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871) and the Paris Commune. Construction began in 1875, inspired by Romanesque and Byzantine architecture. The basilica was completed in 1914 and consecrated in 1919. 

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Paris Saint Roch

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Paris Arc De Triomphe

Paris Arc De Triomphe

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Paris The Cathedral Basilica of Saint Denis

Paris The Cathedral Basilica of Saint-Denis (1144) is the Legendary Church which is consider as the First Church that has All the Gothic Architecture Element. Saint Denis Church also known as the burial place of the Kings and Queens of France.

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Singapore Saint Alphonsus Novena Church

The Church of St Alphonsus was founded by the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer (CSsR), commonly known as the Redemptorists. The first novenas began in a small chapel in 1949 with just 80 people. By the 1990s, 15,000 or more people attending the 10 sessions of novena devotions held every Saturday. After its latest renovation completed in 2017 the number was estimated to have doubled.

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Singapore St. Gregory the Illuminator

The Armenian Apostolic Church of St. Gregory the Illuminator is the first Christian church built in Singapore in 1835.  Designed by Irish architect, George D. Coleman, it is considered as one of his masterpieces.

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Bangkok Wat Arun

Originally called Wat Makok, Budha Temple with Prang Height 82 meter were built during Ayutthaya Kingdom (1351-1767). Restored by King Thaksin and renamed to Wat Chaeng. King Rama IV renamed to Arunratchawararam Ratchaworamahavihara means Temple of Dawn.

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Bangkok Assumption Cathedral

Bangkok Assumption Cathedral built by French Architect requested by Paskal a French Missionary year 1809 and finished 1821, while Thailand lead by King Rama II. Bangkok Assumption Cathedral was reconstructed 1909 - 1919 to French Romanesque Style Architecture. Inspired by the Mosque-Cathedral of Cordoba Spain, this reconstruction work mostly funded by Jacob Low Kiok Chiang.

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Bangkok Immaculate Conception Church

How do I experience architecture, light, and sound emotionally and cognitively in Immaculate Conception Church - The First Catholic Church in Bangkok?

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Bangkok - The Commons Mall

The Commons Mall in Bangkok is the sample of Passive Design Building in Tropical Climate. Passive Design Architecture is aim to minimise carbon footprint and energy use. Passive Design Architecture be achieved through using natural material, optimizing natural cooling from natural and mechanical ventilation and daylight optimization.

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Tokyo Starbuck Reserve Roastery

Tokyo Starbuck Reserve Roastery designe by Kengo Kuma Architect Associates. In line with the streets forming a triangle, a couple of new functions, such as a bakery, bar, tea corner in addition to the café area were brought in to diversify the activities on the streets.

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Tokyo Mode Gakuen Cocoon Tower

Tokyo Mode Gakuen Cocoon Tower is a 204-metres-tall, 50-stories educational facility located in the Nishi-Shinjuku district in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan. The building is home to three educational institutions: Tokyo Mode Gakuen Fashion Vocational School, HAL Tokyo Special Technology and Design College, and Shuto Ikō Medical College.

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