Ginsburg Skyscraper
Ukraine’s first skyscraper and Europe’s tallest by roof height before 1925, this 12-story Kyiv tower stood from 1912 until its destruction in 1941.
Datsan Gunzechoinei
Europe’s northernmost Buddhist temple, Datsan Gunzechoinei is a large Buryat Buddhist datsan in Saint Petersburg reflecting the Buryat tradition across the Russian sphere.
Bessarabskyi Market
A 1910–1912 market hall by Polish architect Henryk Julian Gay, anchoring Kyiv’s Bessarabska Square at the southwest end of Khreshchatyk avenue.
Middlesex Guildhall
A Neo-Gothic court building on Parliament Square, designed by J. S. Gibson and now home to the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom.
Opernhaus Wuppertal
A 1905 opera house in Wuppertal that houses avant-garde dance by Pina Bausch’s company and classical opera performances after wartime reconstruction and modern restoration.
Konzerthaus, Vienna
Vienna’s modernist concert hall, opened in 1913, was designed as an accessible alternative to traditional institutions, programming both classical works and contemporary music.
Kunsthalle Mannheim
A purpose-built museum of modern and contemporary art established in 1909, the Kunsthalle Mannheim has anchored the city’s cultural life for over a century.
Kaiserbrücke, Mainz
An early 20th-century steel railway bridge across the Rhine at Mainz, destroyed in 1945 and reconstructed in 1955 as a symbol of postwar renewal.
Whitechapel Gallery
A pioneering public art gallery opened in 1901 in East London, designed by Charles Harrison Townsend. The British Modern Style building nearly doubled in size in 2009.
Wrocław Water Tower
A historic water tower in Wrocław’s Borek neighbourhood, representing the city’s industrial engineering heritage and infrastructure development.