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Shinjuku Rurikoin Byakurengedo is a new-age Buddhist temple designed by architect Kiyoshi Sey Takeyama. The structure takes a cubic form with rounded edges and sporadic windows. It does not follow common Buddhist architectural principles. The…

The Shōkōken Tea House is a small rectangular building that has a single low level with a sloping tiled roof. It has a very simple frame. It’s surrounded by the garden. It is a single-story structure. The entrance is low and modest, it is requiring…

A stilted longhouse of the Karos people in Northern Sumatra. Usually it has a rectangular foothold, the structure rises around 12meters. It has an iconic triangular thatched roof that makes up over half of the structure's size. The insides are large…

The building presents a symmetrical, classically composed façade with the base of the building rusticated, and the rest of the facade is brick with tall arched windows and a heavy modillioned cornice. The church is also adorned with a golden cross on…

The Studley Royal Water Garden is a large structure, with a winding serpentine lake cutting through it. This waterway is carefully constructed to have perfect edges, creating straight lines, circles, and semi circles. These elements add an unnatural…