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*... that the Catalan architect '''[[Enric Miralles]]''' died before seeing the completion of his largest building: the [[Scottish Parliament Building]] (pictured)?[[Image:Scotparialmentinside.jpg|right|100px|Interior of the Scottish Parliament Building]]

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*... that the '''[[Neo-Renaissance]]''' [[architectural style]] encompasses such dissimilar structures as the [[Palais Garnier|Opera Garnier]] and [[Hôtel de Ville, Paris|Hôtel de Ville]] in [[Paris]], the [[National Theatre (Prague)|National Theatre]] in [[Prague]], the [[Reichstag (building)|Reichstag]] in [[Berlin]], [[Mentmore Towers]] near [[London]], [[Vladimir Palace]] in [[Saint Petersburg]], and the [[Boston Public Library|Public Library]] in [[Boston]] (pictured)? [[Image:4807-09 bates5a.jpg|right|100px|[[Boston public library]]]]

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* … that [[Finial]]s were once believed to act as a deterrent to witches on broomsticks attempting to land on one's roof?

* … that [[Jørn Utzon]] won the competition to design the [[Sydney Opera House]] despite the fact that he submitted only preliminary drawings?

* … that [[novelty architecture]] is made in the shape of objects like hot dogs or giant hats?

* … that [[Inigo Jones]] ([[15 July]] [[1573]] – [[21 June]] [[1652]]) is regarded as the first significant [[:Category:English architects|English architect]]?

* … that the [[Afrikaans Language Monument]] in [[Paarl]] is the only [[monument]] in the world dedicated to a language?

* … that the [[Great Mosque of Djenné]], which is considered by many [[architect]]s to be the greatest achievement of the [[Sudano-Sahelian]] architectural style, is the largest [[adobe|mud brick]] building in the world?

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* ... that the [[Visigoth]] [[Church (building)|church]] of '''[[Santa Maria de Lara]]''' contains the earliest representation of [[Christ]] in [[Spain]]?

* ... that '''[[Bernard J.S. Cahill]]''' ''(pictured)'' designed the [[Columbarium of San Francisco]] and the "Butterfly Map" of the world?

* ... that '''[[Giambattista Nolli]]''' completed an [[ichnography|ichnographic]] plan of Rome in 1748, now universally known as the "Nolli Map"?<!--[[Image:Nolli detail pantheon.jpg|none|80px|Detail of the Nolli Map]]-->

* ... that '''[[Hakon Ahlberg]]''' was a spokesman for [[Architecture of Sweden|Swedish architecture]] and recipient of the [[Alvar Aalto Medal]]?

* ... that '''[[Ivan Zholtovsky]]''' was condemned in 1949 for the ''Bolshaya Kaluzhskaya'' building, then awarded the [[State Stalin Prize|Stalin Prize]] for the same building in 1950?

* ... that the '''[[Château Grimaldi (Antibes)|Château Grimaldi]]''' in [[Antibes]] is home to the [[Pablo Picaso|Picasso]] Museum with a collection of 245 works?

* ... that the '''[[Downtown Historic District (San Jose, California)|Downtown Historic District]]''' of [[San Jose, California|San Jose]], [[California]], an area of just one square [[block (street)|block]], contains buildings of six different [[architectural style]]s?

* ... that [[Frank Lloyd Wright]]'s '''[[Hanna-Honeycomb House]]''' takes its inspiration from the [[hexagon]]al structure of a [[bee]]'s [[honeycomb]]?

*... that '''[[Østre Porsgrunn Church]]''' ''(pictured)'', a church in the [[Rococo]] style built in 1760, was destroyed entirely in a 2011 fire?<!--[[File:Østsiden kirke.jpeg|100x100px|Østre Porsgrunn Church]]-->

*... that '''[[Gimnazija Mostar]]''' was built in [[Moorish Revival architecture|Moorish Revival style]] due to Austro-Hungarian wish to create an "Islamic architecture of European fantasy"?

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