structure & so so

photography, architecture, design & other things worth seen

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An Italian Hotel Bar

Source: own photo (2026)

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KAFD (King Abdullah Financial District) Station at the new Riyadh (SAU) Metro Network, opened in December 2025. Design by Zaha Hadid Architects

Source: own photo (2026)

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North Pier, Promenade, Blackpool (GBR), 1863, by Eugenius Birch (construction: Laidlow & Son), length 550 yds.

Source: own photo (2026).

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50 years of Rom.-cath. Kirche Zur Heiligsten Dreifaltigkeit, Vienna (AUT), 1976, by Fritz Wotruba (sculptor) and Fritz Gerhard Mayr (architect), consisting of 152 exposed concrete blocks (from <1 m³ to max. 64 m³ per block).

Source: own photo (2026).

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Abandoned Arma Restaurant, Selçuk Mah, Antalya (TUR)

Source: own photo (2026)

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Corniche / West Bay in Doha (QAT) with Burj Doha (to the right), 2012 by Jean Nouvel.

Source: own photo (2025)

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Burj Khalifa / blue sky, Dubai (UAE); by Adrian Smith (Skidmore, Owings and Merril), opened 2010

Source: own photo (2025)

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Esplanada dos Ministérios Norte seen from Congresso Nacional, Cámara dos Deputados; all by Oscar Niemeyer; Brasília (BRA).

Source: own photo (2024)

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The Hammering Man, Äschenplatz, Basel (SUI) in front of the UBS Bank building; 1989 by Jonathan Borofsky (US).

Source: own photo (2026)

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The Museum of Islamic Art (main hall interior / 'nave'), by I. M. Pei Architects (2018) in Doha, Qatar.

Source: own photo (2025)

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The Museum of Islamic Art by I. M. Pei Architects (2018) in Doha, Qatar.

Source: own photo (2025)

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Summer evening

Source: own photo (2025)

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Promotional postcard from the 90ies of the main Lobby of the famous Hotel Okura, Minato-ku, Tokyo (JPN), which opened in 1962 and unfortunately was later demolished in 2015 (now replaced by 2 new hotel towers).

Source: scan of own postcard

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Panteão da Pátria e da Liberdade Tancredo Neves, by Oscar Niemeyer (1985-1986), Brasília (BRA)

Source: own photo (2024)

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The White House, plastified & preserved (before it get's teared down completely...)

Source: own photo (ca. 2000), edited

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Koubet El Haoua (abandoned), La Marsa Plage, La Marsa (TUN)

Source: own photo (2025)

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Abandoned Hotel du Lac, Av. Mohamed V., Tunis (TUN)

Source: own photo (2025)