Real World Buildings: Infrastructure

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Megapolis		Real World
Building	Image	Building	Location	Image
23 Tower		23 Marina	Dubai, UAE
4D Movie Theatre		Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia	Valencia, Spain	File:RealWorld 4D Movie Theatre.jpg
Aachen Cathedral		Aachen Cathedral	Aachen, Germany
Abu Dhabi Bank		Al Hilal Bank	Abu Dhabi, UAE	File:RealWorld Abu Dhabi Bank.jpg
Academy of Fine Arts		Lunenburg Academy	Lunenburg, Canada
Accademia Carrara Art Gallery		Accademia Carrara di Belle Arti di Bergamo	Bergamo, Italy
Adatara Hotel		Yasukuni Shrine	Tokyo, Japan
Adrenaline Sports Center		Weltstadthaus	Cologne, Germany
Advertising Agency (old)		Law Office Heerenveen	Heerenveen, Netherlands
Advertising Agency (new)
Airplane Workshop		Tampa Museum of Science & Industry	Tampa, FL, USA
Akshardham		Akshardham	Delhi, India
Al Alam Palace		Al Alam Palace	Muscat, Oman
Al Manara Tower		Al Manara Tower	Dubai, UAE
Al-Othman Tower		Al Othman Towers	Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia
Al Rayyan Office Center		Retaj Al Rayyan Hotel	Doha, Qatar
Al Saqr Business Tower		Al Saqr Business Tower	Dubai, UAE
Al Sufouh Office Center		Al Fattan Office Building	Dubai, UAE
Alice Towers		15 Alice Lane Towers	Sandton, South Africa
Alpine Bank		Hypo Alpe-Adria Headquarters	Tavagnacco, Italy
Amateur Observatory		Oceanscope	Incheon, South Korea
Amusement Park (old)		Paradise Pier at Disneyland California Adventure	Anaheim, CA, USA	File:RealWorld Amusement Park (Old).jpg
Amusement Park (new)		Six Flags Over Georgia ?	near Austell, GA, USA
Anichkov Palace		Anichkov Palace	Saint Petersburg, Russia	File:RealWorld Anichkov Palace.jpg
Apple Exhibition Pavilion		Romanian Pavilion at Shanghai Expo 2010	Shanghai, China
Arabian Nights Restaurant		Star Mosque	Dhaka, Bangladesh	File:RealWorld Arabian Nights Restaurant.jpg
Arabic Bank		Bank Melli Iran	Dubai, UAE
Archaeological Museum of Iran		National Museum of Iran	Tehran, Iran
Archaeology Museum		Pyramid Glasshouse, Sydney Botanical Gardens	Sydney, Australia
Architectural Office		De Cope Building	Utrecht, Netherlands	File:RealWorld Architectural Office.jpg
Architectural Studio		Building C, Deakin University	Burwood, Australia	File:RealWorld Architectural Studio.jpg
Arctic Cathedral		Arctic Cathedral	Tromsø, Norway
Arizona Capitol		Arizona Capitol Museum	Phoenix, AZ, USA
Arraya Tower		Arraya Tower	Kuwait City, Kuwait	File:RealWorld Arraya Tower.jpg
Art Museum in Zaragoza		Pablo Serrano Museum	Zaragoza, Spain
Art University Library		Tama Art University Library	Tokyo, Japan
Art Workshop		Jinzhou Ceramic Museum and Mosaic Park	Jinzhou, China
Astana Convention Center		Moskva Park	Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan	File:RealWorld Astana Convention Center.jpg
Atlanta Plaza		SunTrust Plaza	Atlanta, GA, USA
Atomium		Atomium	Brussels, Belgium
Automotive Center of Excellence		Automotive Centre of Excellence, Kangan Batman TAFE	Melbourne, Australia
B2B Business Center		B2B Tower	Dubai, UAE
Baha'i House of Worship		Baha'i House of Worship	Wilmette, IL, USA
Bahrain WTC		Bahrain World Trade Center	Manama, Bahrain
Bahrain Tower		Wyndham Hotel	Manama, Bahrain
Baj Pomorski Theater		Baj Pomorski	Toruń, Poland
Bali Grand Hotel		Gran Hotel Bali	Benidorm, Spain
Baltimore Botanical Garden		Howard Peters Rawlings Conservatory and Botanic Gardens of Baltimore	Baltimore, MD, USA
Bangalore Technopark		Oracle Financial Services Software Ltd HQ	Bangalore, India	File:RealWorld Bangalore Technopark.jpg
Bangkok National Museum		Bangkok National Museum	Bangkok, Thailand
Bank (old)		Cobra Business Center	Novosibirsk, Russia
Bank (new)
Bank Administration Building		Three Garden Road	Hong Kong, China
Bank of Canada Currency Museum		Bank of Canada HQ	Ottawa, Canada
Bank of China (old)		Bank of China Tower	Hong Kong, China
Bank of China (new)
Bank of Valencia		Banco de Valencia	Valencia, Spain
Batumi Palace of Culture		Batumi Opera House	Batumi, Georgia
Bayreuth Hermitage		Eremitage	Bayreuth, Germany	File:RealWorld Bayreuth Hermitage.jpg
Beach		Casa Gomez	Cancun, Mexico	File:RealWorld Beach.jpg
Beauty Salon		Vodafone Headquarters	Porto, Portugal
Beckett Apartments		MY80	Melbourne, Australia
Bellefield Towers Office		Bellefield Towers at University of Pittsburgh	Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Bergamo Casino		San Pellegrino Terme Casino	San Pellegrino, Italy
Bessborough Castle		Delta Bessborough	Saskatoon, Canada
Bielsko-Biala Gallery		Pałacyk Emanuela Rosta	Bielsko-Biała, Poland
Biker Club		Warrnambool Campus Building	Warrnambool, Australia
Billiards Club		Pavillon du Futuroscope	Poitou-Charentes, France
Bin Suroor Mosque		Iranian Mosque	Dubai, UAE
Bio-House		Green Planet	Dubai, UAE
Book Mall		Párizsi Nagy Áruház (formerly Divatcsarnok)	Budapest, Hungary
Bowling		The Blob	Eindhoven, Netherlands	File:RealWorld Bowling.jpg
BU Landmark Complex		BU Landmark Complex	Rangsit, Thailand
Bullfighting Arena		La Maestranza	Seville, Spain
Bullocks Wilshire Building		Bullocks Wilshire	Los Angeles, CA, USA
Burger Joint		In-N-Out Restaurant	Westwood, CA, USA
Business Bay Tower		One Business Bay	Dubai, UAE
Business Center (old)		30 St Mary Axe	London, UK
Business Center (new)
Butterfly Garden		Eden Project	St. Austell, UK
Bydgoszcz Granary		Granary	Bydgoszcz, Poland
Café		Koban Police Station	Kumamoto, Japan	File:RealWorld Café.jpg
Cairo Gift Shop		Davies Bryan Building	Cairo, Egypt	File:RealWorld Cairo Gift Shop.jpg
Canada Agriculture Museum		Main Dairy Barn, Central Experimental Farm	Ottawa, Canada
Canada Post		Canada Post East Building	Ottawa, Canada
Canadian Museum of Nature		Victoria Memorial Museum Building	Ottawa, Canada	File:RealWorld Canadian Museum of Nature.jpg
Canadian War Museum		Canadian War Museum	Ottawa, Canada	File:RealWorld Canadian War Museum.jpg
Canterra Tower		Canterra Tower	Calgary, Canada
Capital Tower (old)				File:RealWorld Capital Tower (Old).jpg
Capital Tower (new)		Hotel Olümpia	Tallinn, Estonia
Capitol		Capitol Building	Washington, D.C., USA
Cartier Square Drill Hall		Cartier Square Drill Hall	Ottawa, Canada
Casino		The Reef Hotel Casino	Cairns, Australia	File:RealWorld Casino.jpg
Castle Laurier		Château Laurier	Ottawa, Canada
Castle Martin		Health and Welfare Building	Quebec, Canada
Cathedral of Christ the Light		Cathedral of Christ the Light	Oakland, CA, USA	File:RealWorld Cathedral of Christ the Light.jpg
Center of Modern Art		Run Run Shaw Creative Media Centre	Hong Kong, China	File:RealWorld Center of Modern Art.jpg
Center of Nuclear Medicine		Imax 3D at Futuroscope	Poitiers, France
Center of the Aboriginal People of Canada		Wabano Centre for Aboriginal Health	Ottawa, Canada
Central City Shopping Center		Central City Shopping Centre	Surrey, Canada
Central Plaza (old)		Central Plaza	Hong Kong, China	File:RealWorld Central Plaza.jpg
Central Plaza (new)
Certosa di Pavia		Certosa di Pavia	Certosa di Pavia, Italy
Changzhou Modern Media Center		Modern Media Center	Changzhou, China	File:RealWorld Changzhou Modern Media Center.jpg
Chapel of Notre Dame du Haut		Notre Dame du Haut	Ronchamp, France
Chapel of the Miraculous Medal		Church of Our Miraculous Lady	Mexico City, Mexico
Christ the Redeemer (old)		Christ the Redeemer	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	File:RealWorld Christ the Redeemer.jpg
Christ the Redeemer (new)
Church of Saint Brigid		Saint Brigid's Church	Ottawa, Canada
Church of San Jose Obrero		Church of San José Obrero	Monterrey, Mexico	File:RealWorld Church of San Jose Obrero.jpg
Church of St Clement		Church of St. Clement of Ohrid	Skopje, Macedonia	File:RealWorld Church of St Clement.jpg
Church of Saint Pierre de Montmartre (old)		Saint-Pierre de Montmartre	Paris, France	File:RealWorld Church of Saint Pierre de Montmartre.jpg
Church of Saint Pierre de Montmartre (new)
Church of the Sacred Heart		Herz-Jesu-Kirche	Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
City Centre Offices (old)		Saba Tower 1	Dubai, UAE
City Centre Offices (new)		Chelsea Tower	Dubai, UAE
City Hall		Providence City Hall	Providence, RI, USA	File:RealWorld City Hall.jpg
Civil Registry		Wedding Cake House	Kennebunk, ME, USA
Coastal Restaurant		Restaurant at the Sataplia Nature Reserve	near Kutaisi, Georgia
Colomares Castle		Colomares Castle	Benalmádena, Spain
Colorado University		University of Colorado Boulder Old Main	Boulder, CO, USA
Colosseum (old)		Colosseum	Rome, Italy	File:RealWorld Colosseum.jpg
Colosseum (new)
Commerzbank Tower (old)		Commerzbank Tower	Frankfurt, Germany	File:RealWorld Commerzbank Tower.jpg
Commerzbank Tower (new)
Confectionery		Part of Departments Of Law And Central Administration	Vienna, Austria
Congress Hall in Benin		Palais des Congrès de Cotonou	Cotonou, Benin
Constitution Square Tower II		Constitution Square - Tower II	Ottawa, Canada
Copenhagen Stock Exchange		Børsen	Copenhagen, Denmark
Core Pacific Shopping Center		Core Pacific City	Taipei, Taiwan	File:RealWorld Core Pacific Shopping Center.jpg
Costa Mar Office Building		Costa Mar Offices	Lima, Peru	File:RealWorld Costa Mar Office Building.jpg
Covered Parking Lot				File:RealWorld Covered Parking Lot.jpg
Crain Communications Building		Crain Communications Building	Chicago, IL, USA
Crespi d'Adda Castle		Crespi d'Adda	Crespi d'Adda, Italy
Crystal Towers		Al Fattan Crystal Towers	Dubai, UAE
Crystals Mall		The Shops at Crystals	Las Vegas, NV, USA
Cube Shopping Mall		Jcube	Singapore	File:RealWorld Cube Shopping Mall.jpg
Dalga Office Center		Dalga Plaza	Baku, Azerbaijan
Dalian Museum		Dalian Shell Museum	Dalian, China
Atrium Business Center		KTG Sangsang Madang	Seoul, South Korea
Danzig Town Hall		Main Town Hall of Gdańsk	Gdańsk, Poland
Darbar Golra Sharif		Shrine of Meher Ali Shah	Golra Sharif, Pakistan
Dasoguz Library		Dasoguz City Library	Dasoguz, Turkmenistan
Data Center (old)		Geisel Library	San Diego, CA, USA	File:RealWorld Data Center.jpg
Data Center (new)
Deakin University		Building BC, Deakin University	Burwood, Australia	File:RealWorld Deakin University.jpg
Demirchi Tower		Demirchi Tower	Baku, Azerbaijan
District Court		Caldwell County Courthouse	Lockhart, TX, USA
Doha Banana Cafe		Banana Island	Doha, Qatar
Dolphinarium		Kennedy Town Swimming Pool	Hong Kong, China
Dominion Plaza		Dominion Plaza	Denver, CO, USA
Domino Tower		BUMPS Building	Beijing, China	File:RealWorld Domino Tower.jpg
Donau City Tower		DC Tower 1	Vienna, Austria
Dream Tower		Dream Tower	Dubai, UAE
Dubai Bank Building		Bank Melli Iran	Dubai, UAE
Dubai Cell Phone Company Office		Etisalat Tower 1	Dubai, UAE
Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry		Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry	Dubai, UAE
Dubai Ferris Wheel		Dubai Eye	Dubai, UAE
Dubai Opera Theater		Dubai Opera	Dubai, UAE
Duchess of Sevillano Pantheon		Panteón de la Duquesa de Sevillano	Guadalajara, Spain
Dunes Business Center		The City Dune	Copenhagen, Denmark
Dunker Culture House		Dunker Culture House	Helsingborg, Sweden	File:RealWorld Dunker Culture House.jpg
Durham Center for Fundamental Physics		Ogden Centre for Fundamental Physics	Durham, UK	File:RealWorld Durham Center for Fundamental Physics.jpg
Eastern Restaurant		Kazan Family Center	Kazan, Russia
Economic Forum		Aldar Properties HQ	Abu Dhabi, UAE	File:RealWorld Economic Forum.jpg
Edas Tower		Boulevard Plaza	Dubai, UAE
Efra Business Center		Tour EDF	Paris, France
Egoli Hotel		KwaDukuza Egoli Hotel	Johannesburg, South Africa
Eiffel Tower (old)		Eiffel Tower	Paris, France
Eiffel Tower (new)
Eisenstadt Financial Center		Raiffeisen Finance Center	Eisenstadt, Austria
Elbphilharmonie Concert Hall		Elbphilharmonie	Hamburg, Germany
Electrical Substation		Heating Project at University of Liverpool	Liverpool, UK	File:RealWorld Electrical Substation.jpg
Elegy School of Art		Millennium Church	Miercurea Ciuc, Romania
Elevador de Santa Justa		Santa Justa Lift	Lisbon, Portugal
Elite Skyscraper (old)		Tower Financial Center	Panama, Panama
Elite Skyscraper (new)				File:RealWorld Elite Skyscraper.jpg
Emerald Plaza		Emerald Plaza	San Diego, CA, USA
Emerald Shopping Center		Izumrud Plaza	Vladivostok, Russia	File:RealWorld Emerald Shopping Center.jpg
Emirates Pearl Hotel (old)		Emirates Pearl Hotel	Abu Dhabi, UAE
Emirates Pearl Hotel (new)
Empire State Building (old)		Empire State Building	New York City, NY, USA
Empire State Building (new)
Ethnography Museum		Ethnography Museum	Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
Eureka Tower (old)		Eureka Tower	Melbourne, Australia
Eureka Tower (new)
Evangelical Church in Ostrava		Evangelical Church of Christ	Ostrava, Czech Republic
Evolution Tower		Evolution Tower	Moscow, Russia
Exotic Plant Center		Cleveland Botanical Garden	Cleveland, OH, USA	File:RealWorld Exotic Plant Center.jpg
Fairmont Hotel		Hotel Vancouver	Vancouver, Canada
Fashion Store		Simone Handbag Museum	Seoul, South Korea	File:RealWorld Fashion Store.jpg
Fayetteville Tower		PNC Plaza	Raleigh, NC, USA
Fisher Library		Fisher Fine Arts Library	Philadelphia, PA, USA
Fitaratra Business Center		Fitaratra Building	Antananarivo, Madagascar
Fitness Club		Macquarie Bank Centre	Sydney, Australia
Freedom Art Installation		Recycled Plastic Bottle Fish Sculptures at Botafogo Beach	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Flame Towers		Flame Towers	Baku, Azerbaijan
Fletcher Hotel		Fletcher Hotel Amsterdam	Amsterdam, Netherlands
Forum Business Center		The Forum at Exchange Square	Hong Kong, China
Fountain Place		Fountain Place	Dallas, TX, USA
Front Street Tower		AT&T Building	San Diego, CA, USA
Ftown Building		Ftown Building	Sendai, Japan
Fujian Tower		Fujian Power Dispatching and Communication Building	Fuzhou, China
Furniture Mall		Furnitureland South	Jamestown, NC, USA	File:RealWorld Furniture Mall.jpg
Gardosh Tower		Gardoš Tower	Belgrade, Serbia
Ginger Hotel		Old Cliff House	San Francisco, CA, USA	File:RealWorld Ginger Hotel.jpg
Glasgow Scientific Center		Glasgow Science Center	Glasgow, Scotland
Grand Theater		Rabat Grand Theatre	Rabat, Morocco	File:RealWorld Grand Theater.jpg
Guadamur Castle		Guadamur Castle	Guadamur, Spain
Guangzhou Circle Skyscraper		Guangzhou Circle	Guangzhou, China
Hallgrimskirkja		Hallgrímskirkja	Reykjavik, Iceland
Han Show Theater		Han Show Theatre	Wuhan, China
Hana Bank Building		Hana Bank Building	Seoul, South Korea
Hanoi Lotte Center		Lotte Center Hanoi	Hanoi, Vietnam	File:RealWorld Hanoi Lotte Center.jpg
Harrogate Shopping Center		Harrogate International Centre	Harrogate, UK	File:RealWorld Harrogate Shopping Center.jpg
Hateigs Church		Háteigskirkja	Reykjavik, Iceland
Hexagon Skyscraper		Devon Tower	Oklahoma City, OK, USA	File:RealWorld Hexagon Skyscraper.jpg
Highrise (old)				File:RealWorld Highrise (Old).jpg
Highrise (new)		Four Seasons Hotel Miami	Miami, FL, USA
Himeji Castle		Himeji Castle	Himeji, Japan
Historical Museum		Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County	Los Angeles, CA, USA	File:RealWorld Historical Museum.jpg
Home of Christmas		Santa Claus House	North Pole, AK, USA
Hongdou Plaza Tower		Hongdou International Plaza	Wuxi, China
Horseshoe Hotel		Sheraton Huzhou Hot Spring Resort	Huzhou, China	File:RealWorld Horseshoe Hotel.jpg
Hospital		Lilydale Super Clinic	Lilydale, Australia
Hotel Salut		Hotel Salut	Kiev, Ukraine
House of Music		Piano and Violin House	Huainan, China
Hunt Office Center		Hunt Corporate HQ Building	Dallas, TX, USA	File:RealWorld Hunt Office Center.jpg
Hyde Park Picture House		Hyde Park Picture House	Leeds, UK
Hydroport		Port Authority Building	Antwerp, Belgium
Iceberg Mall		Italy Pavilion at Expo 2015	Milan, Italy
Indigo Icon Tower		Indigo Icon Tower	Dubai, UAE
Igreja do Carmo Church		Igreja do Carmo and Igreja dos Carmelitas	Porto, Portugal
Illusion Pavilion		Kring Kumho Culture Complex	Seoul, South Korea	File:RealWorld Illusion Pavilion.jpg
Imperial Tower		Empire Tower	Bangkok, Thailand	File:RealWorld Imperial Tower.jpg
Information Security Service		Securities Commission Headquarters	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Interchange Station		Lyon-Saint-Exupéry TGV station	Lyon, France	File:RealWorld Interchange Station.jpg
Institute of Aeronautics		RELAXX	Bratislava, Slovakia	File:RealWorld Institute of Aeronautics.jpg
Iolani Palace		'Iolani Palace	Honolulu, HI, USA
Island Hotel		Burj Al Arab	Dubai, UAE	File:RealWorld Island Hotel.jpg
Java Office Center		Indonesian Stock Exchange	Jakarta, Indonesia
John Hancock Tower		John Hancock Center	Chicago, IL, USA	File:RealWorld John Hancock Tower.jpg
Jinan Cultural Center		Jinan Cultural Center	Jinan, China
Jumeirah Mall		Nakheel Mall	Dubai, UAE
Kaleidoscope Hotel		Westin New York at Times Square	New York City, NY, USA	File:RealWorld Kaleidoscope Hotel.jpg
Kampala Hilton Hotel		Kampala Hilton Hotel	Kampala, Uganda
Kean University		Kean University Gateway Building	Union, NJ, USA
Kendall Tower		Eighth Avenue Place	Calgary, Canada
Ketchaoua Mosque		Ketchaoua Mosque	Algiers, Algeria
Kerry Tower (old)				File:RealWorld Kerry Tower (Old).jpg
Kerry Tower (new)		Minsheng Bank Building	Wuhan, China
Kiasma Museum		Museum of Contemporary Art	Kiasma, Finland	File:RealWorld Kiasma Museum.jpg
Kingkey 100		KK100	Shenzhen, China	File:RealWorld Kingkey 100.jpg
Kizumi Tower		Kizuminani Water Tower	Kyoto, Japan	File:RealWorld Kizumi Tower.jpg
Krakow Economics Academy		Main building of Kraków University of Economics	Kraków, Poland
Kuching Parliament Building		New Sarawak State Legislative Assembly Building	Kuching, Malaysia
La Comedie de Bethune Theater		Comedie de Bethune - National Drama Theater	Bethune, France
Lake Point Tower		Lake Point Tower	Chicago, IL, USA
Langham Place Hotel		Langham Place Hotel	Hong Kong, China
Large Research Library		Moscow University Library	Moscow, Russia	File:RealWorld Large Research Library.jpg
Lawyer's Office		French Embassy	Vienna, Austria	File:RealWorld Lawyer's Office.jpg
Leeds City Market		Leeds Kirkgate Market	Leeds, UK	File:RealWorld Leeds City Market.jpg
Leeds Medical College		Leeds General Infirmary	Leeds, UK
Lendava Theater		Theatre and Hungarian Community Centre	Lendava, Slovenia	File:RealWorld Lendava Theater.jpg
Leopard Building		Nueces County Courthouse	Corpus Christi, TX, USA	File:RealWorld Leopard Building.jpg
Leutschenbach School		Leutschenbach School	Zürich, Switzerland
Liberty Tower		Liberty Tower	Abu Dhabi, UAE
Liman Hotel		Residencias Isla Paraíso [es]	Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela
Liuzhou Business Center		Ramada Plaza Liuzhou	Liuzhou, China
Liverpool City Council		Liverpool Town Hall	Liverpool, UK
Logistics Company		Daily Express Building	Manchester, UK
Lonsdale Office Building		BHP Billiton Centre	Melbourne, Australia
Los Angeles Technical Library		South Campus of Los Angeles Trade Tech	Los Angeles, CA, USA
Lotus Temple		Lotus Temple	New Delhi, India
Louisiana Technologies Center		LITE Center	Lafayette, LA, USA
Lubeck Gate Tower		Burgtor	Lübeck, Germany	File:RealWorld Lubeck Gate Tower.jpg
Ludwig Erhard House		Ludwig Erhard House	Berlin, Germany
Lugano Chapel		San Carlino	Lugano, Switzerland
Lutheran Church		Lutheran Church	Siófok, Hungary
MacDonald Castle		Hotel Macdonald	Edmonton, Canada