Nostro's 10 Favorite Buildings

[Nostromo87]

Apartments, gas stations, shopping strips, chain restaurants. The buildings i see every day look ... junky

Here's ten buildings that are just, like, way better

http://www.wallpaperup.com/uploads/wallpapers/2013/02/14/39902/big_thumb_f3bd3a60b73045e2ac52ceae45da2753.jpg

[Nostromo87]

#10. Temple of Hatshpsut
Location: Deir el Bahari, near the Valley of the Kings
Year Built: 1400's BCE, 3,415+ years ago !

http://images.fineartamerica.com/images-medium-large/hatshepsuts-mortuary-temple-rises-kenneth-garrett.jpg

A temple dedicated to She-Pharaoh Queen Hatshepsut, designed by her lover and chief-architect, Senmut. So the building is basically a love letter. And also a tribute to the sun god, Amon-Ra, designed in such a way where the main axis of the temple aligns with the winter solstice sunrise every December, whatever that means. Apparently there was a massacre of 62 people here by Islamic extremists in 1997.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfcYg0_NIzM

https://www.bluffton.edu/%7Esullivanm/egypt/deirelbahri/front3.jpg

[Gatsby]

Lol this is a great idea for a thread. I might make a top buildings list myself.

Of course, the number 1 building will be:

http://i.imgur.com/uDHQT6d.jpg

[The Gunslinger45]

Great start with number 10. I will peek in on this thread.

[Friendly Mushroom!]

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