Introduction: "Discovering architecture" -- Hagia Sofia, Istanbul, Turkey -- Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem, Israel -- Todaiji Temple, Nara, Japan -- Al-Azhar Mosque, Cairo, Egypt -- Chartres Cathedral, Chartres, France -- Angkor Wat, Siem Reap, Cambodia -- Piazza del Campo, Siena, Italy -- Doge's Palace, Venice, Italy -- Pazzi Chapel, Florence, Italy -- Santa Maria Novella, Florence, Italy -- Forbidden City, Beijing, China -- Tempietto, San Pietro in Montorio, Rome, Italy -- Palazzo del Te, Mantua, Italy -- Villa Almerico Capra, La Rotonda, Vicenza, Italy -- Ryoan-Ji, Kyoto, Japan -- Fatehpur Sikri Palace, Fatehpur Sikri, India -- Great Wall, China -- Piazza del Campidoglio, Rome, Italy -- St. Peter's Basilica, Rome, Italy -- Red Square, Moscow, Russia -- Palace of Versailles, Versailles, France -- Katsura Imperial Villa, Kyoto, Japan -- Queen's House, Greenwich, England -- Taj Mahal, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India -- Les Invalides, Paris, France -- St. Paul's Cathedral, London, England -- Monticello, near Charlottesville, Virginia, United States -- Altes Museum, Berlin, Germany -- Sagrada Familia Basilica, Barcelona, Spain -- Eiffel Tower, Paris, France -- Secession Hall, Vienna, Austria -- Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland -- AEG Turbine Factory, Berlin, Germany -- Grand Central Terminal, New York, New York, United States -- Bauhaus, Dessau, Germany -- Chrysler Building, New York, New York, United States -- Fallingwater, Mill Run, Pennsylvania, United States -- Notre Dame du Haut, Ronchamp, France -- Seagram Building, New York, New York, United States -- Palace of the Dawn, Brasília, Brazil -- TWA Flight Center, Queens, New York, United States -- Salk Institute, La Jolla, California, United States -- Sydney Opera House, Sydney, Australia -- Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France -- Church of the light, Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan -- The Grand Louvre, Paris, France -- Kansai International Airport Terminal, Osaka, Japan -- Guggenheim Bilbao, Bilbao, Spain -- Millau Viaduct, Millau, France -- National Stadium, Beijing, China.