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Paramilitary guards stand outside the Xinhua Gate of the Zhongnanhai leadership compound.

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The scenic garden that became China’s secretive seat of power

The leadership compound for China’s ruling communist party elite is among the most secretive places in the country. But it wasn’t always that way.

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Aston Martin opens 66-story residential tower in Miami

The skyscraper will be 62 stories high.

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The new 62-story tower set to transform New York City’s skyline

The fire was still burning on Wednesday afternoon.

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Copenhagen stunned by devastating stock exchange fire, as police launch probe into blaze

This photograph shows flames engulfing the Copenhagen's old stock exchange building in the Danish capital on April 16.

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Spire collapses after fire rips through Copenhagen’s old stock exchange

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Plans for $1.3 billion waterfront development in Oman unveiled

A general view of the Taipei 101 building in Taipei, Taiwan.

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How Taiwan’s tallest skyscraper withstands earthquakes

The Roman villa was uncovered in Oxfordshire.

Red River Archaeology Group

‘Remarkable’ Roman villa discovered under housing development

How to 3D-print a school in a war zone

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Home renovation frozen in time reveals Roman building technique

Albert Frey's famous Aluminaire House in Palm Springs.

Guillaume Goureau/Courtesy of Palm Springs Art Museum

A homecoming for the metal house once considered the future of American architecture

The spiral shaped tower dubbed “The Star” in Hollywood.

Foster + Partners

Plans for striking $1-billion spiral-shaped Hollywood tower bursting with greenery unveiled

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TOPSHOT - In this photograph taken on February 12, 2023, a woman walks by the destroyed Habib-i Neccar mosque in the historic southern city of Antakya in Hatay, Turkey, a week after an earthquake devastated parts of Turkey and Syria leaving more than 35,000 dead and millions in dire need of aid. - Antakya, formerly known as "Antioch", was founded in 300 BC by a former general of Alexander the Great and draws its heritage from the many civilizations that have established a presence there: Greek, Roman, Arab, Persian, Ottoman, as well as a short French mandate between the end of World War I and 1939, when the city was returned to Turkey. (Photo by Yasin AKGUL / AFP) (Photo by YASIN AKGUL/AFP via Getty Images)

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This aerial photograph taken on May 1, 2020 shows the empty Piazza del Pantheon in Rome on May day during the country's lockdown aimed at curbing the spread of the COVID-19 (the novel coronavirus). (Photo by Filippo MONTEFORTE / AFP) (Photo by FILIPPO MONTEFORTE/AFP via Getty Images)

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TAIPEI, TAIWAN - JANUARY 1: Fireworks light up the Taiwan skyline and Taipei 101 during New Years Eve celebrations just after midnight on January 1, 2018 in Taipei, Taiwan. (Photo by Billy H.C. Kwok/Getty Images)

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St. Paulus Kirche - Weckhoven - Dussoldorf, Germany - Fritz Schaller _ Stefan PoloÌnyi, 1966-1970

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Rem Koolhaas: ‘In all my buildings, I’m trying to escape’

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Freddie Mercury’s London home for sale for $38 million

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Google opens New York headquarters in repurposed 1930s railway terminal

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Two skyscrapers joined by daring cantilevered ‘skybridge’ to soar over New York

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See inside Sofía Vergara’s sumptuous Los Angeles home

Situated beside the Bulgari Hotel and Resort, residents at the Lighthouse will have access to the resort's facilities as well as private pools, pictured in this digital rendering by ACPV ARCHITECTS and Neverending Studio.

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From Bulgari to Armani, ultra-luxe branded residences are booming in Dubai

USA Pavilion Expo 2025 Osaka.

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The quiet American: US reveals pavilion design for World Expo 2025

The site of an ancient Roman triumphal arch that was discovered by archaeologists at Viminacium, a former Roman settlement, near the town of Kostolac, Serbia, January 22, 2024.

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Remains of ancient Roman triumphal arch unearthed in Serbia

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Step inside Emma Stone’s sunlit LA home, up for sale at $4 million