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Classically Inspired Luxury Apartment Building In Prince Charles’ Utopian Village Poundbury

Poundbury is a new urban development on the outskirts of Dorchester, Dorset, England owned by the Duchy of Cornwall and envisioned by the Prince of Wales, who wanted to create a traditional village with all the benefits of 21st century living.

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Abandoned Nazi Holiday Camp Built By Hitler Transformed Into Modern Luxury Resort

Adolf Hitler ordered the construction of a massive holiday resort on Rügen Island called Prora. Between 1936 to 1939, workers built a 3-mile long brick and concrete structure capable of accommodating 20,000 residents.

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Inside Rio 2016 Olympic Athletes Village

The Athletes Village of the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil comprises of 31 buildings, 3,604 apartments with a total of 18,000 beds. The village hosts more than 17,000 athletes and officials during its peak times.

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Ordos: The Surreal Emptiness Of An Ambitious Utopian City

Ordos, Inner Mongolia, China was designed to be a futuristic vision of a cultural, economic and political center boasting modern infrastructure and real estate. The Chinese government poured over $1 billion into the development of this Utopian dream intended to accommodate over one million residents. Construction began in 2004 and continued until around 2012.

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Experience Moscow’s History And Architecture Through Its Palatial Metro Stations

Taking the subway in Moscow is a lesson in Russia’s history and architecture. The extravagant beauty of the underground train stations range in design from Baroque to Art Deco to Futurism, with marble and granite structures to modern iron and glass.

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CHANEL Creates Eco-Friendly Minimalist Life-Size Doll House With A Zen Garden

The CHANEL Spring-Summer 2016 Haute Couture Show at the Grand Palais des Champs-Élysées in Paris, France was a breathtaking spectacle combining fashion, art and architecture.

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Restoration Of A French Renaissance Style Palace Las Majadas De Pirque

Palacio Las Majadas in the commune of Pirque, Chile is a magnificent castle originally built in 1905 as a home for the Subercaseaux family. Designed by architect Alberto Cruz Montt, this French Renaissance style building is surround by 7.5 hectares of park area.

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Postmodern Neoclassical Housing Estate: A Theoretical Utopia

Les Espaces d’Abraxas is a housing estate in the commune of Noisy-le-Grand, part of the new town Marne-la Vallée, in the Paris suburb Seine-Saint-Denis in France. The imposing postmodern neoclassical complex was designed by Spanish architect Ricardo Bofill and was constructed between 1978 and 1983.

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