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Close-up of a palette held by a man. Mixing paint, painting, color mixing.
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Hagia Sophia. Istanbul, Turkey. Constantinople. Church of the Holy Wisdom. Church of the Divine Wisdom. Mosque.
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Night view of the Opera House and new business quarter, Oslo, Norway.
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's House, Weimar,Germany; photocrom print published between 1890-1900.
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Members of the public view artwork by Damien Hirst entitled: The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living - in the Tate Modern art gallery on April 2, 2012 in London, England. (see notes) (1991) Tiger shark, glass, steel
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Illustration for Demystified "How Dangerous is Quicksand"
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Marriage. A couple getting married during a church wedding ceremony. (religion, ceremony, bride, groom)
The Seven Sacraments of the Roman Catholic church
Battle of the Alamo from "Texas: An Epitome of Texas History from the Filibustering and Revolutionary Eras to the Independence of the Republic, 1897. Texas Revolution, Texas revolt, Texas independence, Texas history.
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illustration of the walking titanosaurus, Patagotitan mayorum
Titanosaurs: 8 of the World's Biggest Dinosaurs
Fish. Lionfish. Lion-fish. Turkey fish. Fire-fish. Red lionfish. Pterois volitans. Venomous fin spines. Coral reefs. Underwater. Ocean. Red lionfish swims by seaweed.
10 of the World’s Most Dangerous Fish
Easter Procession of Maria Santisima del Sacromonte in Granada, Spain. This statue is known as Virgen de los Gitanos or The Virgin of the Gypsies.
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Rural Irish landscape, Sligo, Ireland.
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Born August 5, 1957 (age 67) • Tokyo • Japan
Awards And Honors Pritzker Prize (2014)

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Ryue Nishizawa
Japanese architect
Kazuyo Sejima
Japanese architect
Fumihiko Maki
Japanese architect
Tadao Andō: Himeji City Museum of Literature
Tadao Andō
Japanese architect
Tange Kenzo: Kagawa prefectural office
Tange Kenzō
Japanese architect
Arata Isozaki
Arata Isozaki
Japanese architect
Robert Venturi
American architect
Shelley McNamara
Irish architect
Yvonne Farrell
Irish architect
Pierre de Meuron
Swiss architect
Jacques Herzog
Swiss architect
Zaha Hadid
Zaha Hadid
British architect
I.M. Pei
I.M. Pei
American architect
Frank Gehry: Guggenheim Museum Bilbao
Frank Gehry
Canadian American architect
Álvaro Siza: Bouça social housing complex
Álvaro Siza
Portuguese architect
Balkrishna Doshi
Balkrishna Doshi
Indian architect
Rem Koolhaas: China Central Television (CCTV) headquarters
Rem Koolhaas
Dutch architect
Otto, Frei
Frei Otto
German architect
Peter Zumthor
Swiss architect
Richard Meier: Atheneum
Richard Meier
American architect

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