ARChitecture

The <n>Desert House</n> in Libya, designed by architect <n>Kisho Kurokawa</n> in 1979.

Aerial view of the <n>Sassanian city of Ardashir-Khurreh</n> in Firuzabad, Iran, from the 3rd century AD.

<n>The Last Bath</n>, a winning project by <n>Jason Tan</n> for the 2017 <n>Archiprix International</n> competition.

<n>We need a new vitrine for our bussines</n> by artist <n>Jean Jacques Balzac</n>.

<n>The Monastery (Ad-Deir)</n> in <n>Petra</n>, Jordan, photographed by <n>Harimao Lee</n>.

<n>Museo de Sitio Julio C. Tello</n> in Peru, designed by <n>Barclay & Crousse</n>. Photo by <n>Cristobal Palma</n>.

The <n>M_005 Bench</n> from the <n>Sanctuary</n> collection by <n>Monolith</n>. CGI by <n>Kermit Labs</n>.

The <n>Towers of Silence</n>, a Zoroastrian burial site known as a Dakhma, located in Yazd, Iran.

The <n>Runit Dome</n> on Runit Island, Marshall Islands. Photo by the <n>United States Department of Energy</n>.

The <n>Church of Saint George</n> in Lalibela, Ethiopia, carved from a single block of rock in the 12th c.

The <n>MUDEC (Museum of Cultures)</n> in Milan, designed by architect <n>David Chipperfield</n>.

The unfinished tomb of <n>Qasr al-Farid</n> in Hegra, Saudi Arabia. Photo by <n>John Stanmeyer</n>.

<n>Observatoire V</n> (2014), a photographic installation by artist <n>Noémie Goudal</n>.

The <n>Ancient Theatre of Epidaurus</n> in Greece, built in the 4th c. BC. Photo by <n>Dimitris Kleanthous</n>.

Photo of the <n>Kastrup Sea Bath</n> by <n>Kim Høltermand</n>, used as the cover for <n>Aufgang</n>'s debut album.

The <n>Arena di Verona</n>, a Roman amphitheater in Verona, Italy, built in the 1st century AD.

<n>Stonehenge</n>, 1947, photographed by <n>Bill Brandt</n>.

<n>State Museum of Egyptian Art</n> in Munich by <n>Peter Böhm Architekten</n>. Photo by <n>Dieter Leistner</n>.

The <n>Dolmen de Soto</n>, a megalithic monument in Trigueros, Spain. Photo by <n>Miguel Ángel de Blas</n>.

<n>City of the Dead</n>, a land art installation in Morocco by artist <n>Hannsjörg Voth</n>, built 1992-1997.

Photography by <n>Oliver Helbig</n>, via design studio <n>Diorama</n>.

<n>Qasr al-Farid</n>, a 1st-century <n>Nabataean</n> tomb in Hegra, Saudi Arabia.

<n>La Folie</n> in Melides, Portugal, by architect <n>Tarek Shamma</n>. Photo by <n>Clement Vayssieres</n>.