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Local traditions
Buildings made the way a region has always made them, using what was to hand and what the climate allowed. No architect, no style label, and a lot of accumulated knowledge.
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Stari Most
1567 · Islamic
Christiansfeld
1773 · Neoclassical
Patan Durbar Square
1619 · Vernacular
Boudhanath
500 · Vernacular
Felix Pakhuis
1860 · Vernacular
Fotografiska
1910 · Art Nouveau
La Cascade
1969 · Modernism
Rademachersmedjorna
1658 · Vernacular
Kristofers
1807 · Vernacular
Museu de Arte Moderna da Bahia
1963 · Brazilian Modernism
Wadköping Open-Air Museum
1965 · Vernacular
Djinguereber Mosque
1327 · Islamic
Petäjävesi Old Church
1765 · Medieval
Godsbanen
2011 · Contemporary
Sankt Petrilogen
1871 · Vernacular
Great Mosque of Djenné
1907 · Islamic
Hällefors kyrka
1645 · Vernacular
Axmar Bruk
1671 · Vernacular
Great Zimbabwe
1450 · Vernacular
Shibam
1500 · Vernacular
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- Older than the maps 1,108
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- Museums and galleries 792
- Public art 775
- Stone and mortar 762
- World Heritage 489
- Castles and palaces 484
- Legally protected 420
- Town halls 391
- Post-war ambition 368
- Schools 349
- Squares 297
- The functionalist turn 284
- National romanticism 262
- Monuments 261
- Concrete 193
- Stations 170
- Bridges 166
- Industrial architecture 142
- Award winners 141
- Glass towers 128
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