The world's tallest when it opened at 508 m / 1,667 ft and LEED Platinum certified (very tough for supertall buildings).
Designed by architect Frank Ghery, Guggenheim Bilbao has been hailed as “the greatest building of our time.”
Frank Lloyd Wright's postwar jewel. Wright originally intended for Guggenheim visitors to take the elevator up and stroll down the ramps.
Like all Bahá'í Houses of Worship, the Lotus Temple is open to all, regardless of religion or any other qualification.
More than just opera - ballet, symphony and theater performances are hosted here also, more than 1500 events a year.
In 1999 an 85 million candela beam pointed skyward was added that is activated around a dozen nights year, an homage to the official 1962 World's Fair poster.
Guests arrive in the building after walking through a hallway that goes underneath the lake.
It covers 48 acres (19 ha) and has 44 platforms, more than any other railroad station in the world.
A mingling of Romanesque, Gothic, and Byzantine architecture with 19th-century technology such as warm running water, flushing toilets and central heat. Only 15 of the planned 200 rooms were finished.
The chandeliers were donated by the Vienna State Opera as repayment for American help in its reconstruction after World War II
