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Chemosphere. / 34.127561000°N 118.368840000°W / 34.127561000; -118.368840000. The Chemosphere is a modernist house in Los Angeles, California, designed by John Lautner in 1960. The building, which the Encyclopædia Britannica once called "the most modern home built in the world", [ 1] is admired both for the ingenuity of its solution ...
The iron pillar of Delhi is a structure 7.21 metres (23 feet 8 inches) high with a 41-centimetre (16 in) diameter that was constructed by Chandragupta II (reigned c. 375–415 CE ), and now stands in the Qutub complex at Mehrauli in Delhi, India. [ 1][ 2]
Allen Crocker Curtis House–Pillar House. / 42.40111°N 71.33278°W / 42.40111; -71.33278. The Pillar House is a house that was once located at 26 Quinobequin Road in Newton, Massachusetts, before being moved to its current location in Lincoln. It was built in 1845 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.
Circus House. / 39.97716111°N 83.00935389°W / 39.97716111; -83.00935389. The Circus House, also known as the Sells House, is a building in the Victorian Village neighborhood of Columbus, Ohio. The three-story, 7,414 sq ft (688.8 m 2) house was designed by Yost & Packard in an eclectic style, using elements from numerous architectural ...
The Katskhi pillar ( Georgian: კაცხის სვეტი, kac'xis svet'i) is a natural limestone monolith located at the village of Katskhi in western Georgian region of Imereti, near the town of Chiatura. It is approximately 40 metres (130 ft) high, and overlooks the small river valley of Katskhura, a right affluent of the Q'virila ...
Hoysala architecture. Hoysala architecture is the building style in Hindu temple architecture developed under the rule of the Hoysala Empire between the 11th and 14th centuries, in the region known today as Karnataka, a state of India. Hoysala influence was at its peak in the 13th century, when it dominated the Southern Deccan Plateau region.
According to real estate data firm ATTOM, nearly 68,000 U.S. homes were flipped in the first quarter of 2024 alone — that’s one out of every 12 homes sold. What’s more, ATTOM data shows that ...
The djed, an ancient Egyptian symbol meaning 'stability', is the symbolic backbone of the god Osiris. The djed, also djt ( Ancient Egyptian: ḏd 𓊽, Coptic ϫⲱⲧjōt "pillar", anglicized /dʒɛd/) [ 1 ] is one of the more ancient and commonly found symbols in ancient Egyptian religion. It is a pillar -like symbol in Egyptian hieroglyphs ...