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Round view Small retreat on the coast of Rügen near Binz. Category | architecture
Lotus on the roof In the monastery and pagoda complex Ko Yin Lay: At the top of the roof you have a panoramic view. The four huge... Category | architecture
Always following the snakes Aufgang zum Kloster Wat Chom Si: Das buddhistische Kloster liegt auf einem kleinen Hügel, dem Mount Phousi, mitten in der... Category | architecture

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Other Times You might think it's a contact ban, but this is just a winter day on the island of Rügen in December before... Category | architecture
Luminous sleeping The entrance to the lighthouse at Capo Spartivento in southern Sardinia, today the building houses a Nobel hostel. | Italy Category | architecture
Once across the Tejo The bridge of 25 April: The 2278 metre long suspension bridge crosses the Tagus River. It is the third longest in the world... Category | architecture
Stone of History Marquis de Pombal In Lisbon: In the middle of the square there is a statue of the first Marquis, inaugurated in 1934. Category | architecture
Open cul-de-sac In the medina of Marrakesh: Many alleys seem to end in nothingness, but often they lead under the... Category | architecture, city
Holy Mouth In That Luang in the Laotian capital, That Luang is the largest Buddhist stupa in Vientiane. The monument is surrounded by... Category | architecture
Evening Candle One of the many mosques in Mutrah glows in the evening light against the mountain backdrop of the harbour town. | Oman Category | architecture

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City times In downtown Kabul, you can see the Old City in the background. In front of it are buildings from the turn of the century.... Category | architecture, city
Royal passage In the el-Badi Palace in Marrakesh: The complex is one of the most visited buildings of the former royal city of Marrakech. | Morocco Category | architecture
News Land SPIEGEL Verlagshaus at the Ericusspitze in the Hafencity Hamburg. Category | architecture
Lights in the city At night at the ZDF building in Hamburg: The glass building, a triangular glass palace with guaranteed panoramic views over the Hanseatic city, is the... Category | architecture, night
The Light Sky Looking between two houses, I caught these special lighting conditions in a narrow and high courtyard with windows in the... Category | architecture
Dreams in the Garden View of the two-storey pavilion, with delicate allusions to Art Deco, in the Jardin Majorelle in Marrakesh. The Jardin Majorelle is... Category | architecture, Nature
Futuropia Terminal 3 at Dubai International Airport: The converted airport is located about five kilometers southeast of the city center. Due to its foreseeable capacity limit... Category | architecture
The early morning air Above the roof of a coastal restaurant in Arkoudi the ventilation system is towering in the morning light. | Greece Category | architecture
Visible The minaret of the Koutoubia Mosque is the symbol of the city of Marrakech and the entire country. Every evening it is illuminated and is... Category | architecture

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Golden Time In the tower of the monastery Ko Yin Lay with nine floors: The Buddhist monastery is located near the small... Category | architecture
Chess or Sleep Hotel Mercure: The idiosyncratic facade on Schröderstiftstraße is located opposite the Hamburg exhibition grounds. Category | architecture, city
Healing In 1968, the municipality decided to design a holiday centre under the futuristic name Damp 2000. Mid-1980s... Category | architecture
Lava stone works Typical Canarian construction on the small island of Lanzarote, here in the village of Teguise. The amount of building material lava rock is located on the... Category | architecture
Luminous Substances At the southern tip of Koh Lantas Island you will find a simple concrete lighthouse in Mu Koh Lanta National Park. Earlier... Category | architecture
The safe Light The lighthouse on Sylt was built in 1912 and 1913 as a cross-mark fire to warn against a sandbank in the... Category | architecture
Transparency Window in a residential building in Kunduz: We had rented the building for our English and computer courses for women. | Afghanistan Category | architecture
Buddha Gold The Shwedagon, also known as Shwedagon-Paya, is the most important sacred building and religious center of Myanmar in Yangon. It is considered a landmark of the... Category | architecture
Landmarks In the medina of Marrakesh: In the canyons of the old town you can get lost quickly. This helps to make a striking waypoint... Category | architecture
Long working day Late in the evening in front of the publishing house of Der Spiegel at the Ericusspitze in Hamburg. Category | architecture, Nature
Old meets New At the Ericusgraben: 25hours Hotel and Ericuskontor in the HafenCity in Hamburg. Category | architecture
Monastry Lavation The Shwe Yan Pyay Monastery was built at the end of the 19th century. The main building is made entirely of teak and falls through its oval windows... Category | architecture
Coffee time A side view of a café in the picturesque port town of Pylos. | Greece Category | architecture
Mindless In the monastery and pagoda complex Ko Yin Lay: The four huge sitting Buddha figures are the main attraction. They point to all... Category | architecture
TravelBird Like many other airports in the world, Marrakesh Airport has its own construction design, lots of glass and steel,... Category | architecture
At the back View of a hotel complex in the town of Tolo on the Peloponnese. | Greece Category | architecture
Hotel Pansiyon Own style for accommodation in Istanbul. | Turkey Category | architecture

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Eyes of Work Part of Willy-Brandt-Straße in Hamburg with its different office facades. Category | architecture
Morning Exhibition The Deichtorhallen in Hamburg in the morning light: The halls in Hamburg are among the large exhibition halls for contemporary art and photography... Category | architecture
Rocky Buddha The Kaw Gon Cave near Hpa-An is quite small, but definitely worth a visit. Thousands of reliefs with... Category | architecture
Last Rest Blue Mosque or Rauza: The Ali Mausoleum in Masar-i-Sharif in the province of Balkh was built in the 15th century, it is... Category | architecture
Water Ghost Again and again a popular photo motif in Hamburg: The water castle is located on a peninsula in an exposed location between two fleets on the... Category | architecture
A blue day You don't often see a blue like the Jardin Majorelle in Marrakech. In the garden you will find plants from all five continents,... Category | architecture
Air Show Altes Wohnhaus am Rossio in Lissabon | Portugal Category | architecture, city
Ruinous splendour In the courtyard of the el Badi Palace in Marrakesh: the Palace was once the largest and most magnificent Palace of Morocco. From the pageantry of the... Category | architecture
Peaceful In the town of Mawlamyine, located at the than Lwin River, you find several mosques. The coexistence of the Buddhist majority with the... Category | architecture, city
Dive Who is in the 130-meter-long tunnel tubes under the Kiel Canal in Rendsburg, is around 21.5 metres below sea level... Category | architecture
Banana Mountain Banana mountain located ten kilometers away from ye. The actual name of the monastery and pagoda complex is Ko Yin lay. The... Category | architecture
At the top THE mirror: Another photo of the publishing house building on a windy summer day in Hamburg lower portion of the tip and another... Category | architecture