Famous Buildings of the World
Famous Buildings Of The World is a structured culture dataset with 25 entries. Its fields include Building, Location, Year. Community voting appears as a separate signal beside eligible rows and does not replace the source values.
Every row is shown below and is also available as CSV, JSON, or Excel.
Dataset details
- Table scope
- All 25 rows
- Fields
- 5 columns
- Source
- Architectural Digest
- Data updated
- Feb 21, 2026
Included fields: Building, Location, Year, Architect, Style.
The table contains every record in this dataset; the same records are available in each download format.
Preview observations
- Year span
- 1345 to 2014
- Across 19 preview rows
Useful for
- Comparing Building, Location, and Year across culture entries
- Building reference tables, charts, or analyses from 25 downloadable records
Building↕ | Location↕ | Year↕ | Architect↕ | Style↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Great Pyramid of Giza | Giza, Egypt | 2560 BCE | Hemiunu (attributed) | Ancient Egyptian |
Parthenon | Athens, Greece | 447 BCE | Ictinus & Callicrates | Classical Greek |
Colosseum | Rome, Italy | 80 CE | Roman architects | Roman |
Hagia Sophia | Istanbul, Turkey | 537 CE | Anthemius of Tralles | Byzantine |
Taj Mahal | Agra, India | 1653 | Ustad Ahmad Lahori | Mughal |
Badshahi Mosque | Lahore, Pakistan | 1673 | Mughal architects | Mughal |
Faisal Mosque | Islamabad, Pakistan | 1986 | Vedat Dalokay | Modern Islamic |
Notre-Dame Cathedral | Paris, France | 1345 | Various | Gothic |
Sagrada Familia | Barcelona, Spain | 1882-present | Antoni Gaudi | Art Nouveau / Gothic Revival |
Eiffel Tower | Paris, France | 1889 | Gustave Eiffel | Iron Lattice |
Empire State Building | New York, USA | 1931 | Shreve, Lamb & Harmon | Art Deco |
Sydney Opera House | Sydney, Australia | 1973 | Jorn Utzon | Expressionist Modern |
Burj Khalifa | Dubai, UAE | 2010 | Adrian Smith (SOM) | Neo-futurism |
Guggenheim Museum Bilbao | Bilbao, Spain | 1997 | Frank Gehry | Deconstructivism |
Fallingwater | Pennsylvania, USA | 1939 | Frank Lloyd Wright | Organic Architecture |
Palace of Versailles | Versailles, France | 1682 | Louis Le Vau | Baroque / French Classical |
Petronas Towers | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | 1998 | Cesar Pelli | Postmodern Islamic |
St. Peter's Basilica | Vatican City | 1626 | Michelangelo, Maderno, Bernini | Renaissance / Baroque |
Angkor Wat | Siem Reap, Cambodia | 12th century | Khmer architects | Khmer |
Alhambra | Granada, Spain | 13th-14th c. | Nasrid dynasty architects | Moorish / Islamic |
Heydar Aliyev Center | Baku, Azerbaijan | 2012 | Zaha Hadid | Parametric |
Lotus Temple | New Delhi, India | 1986 | Fariborz Sahba | Expressionist / Baha'i |
Big Ben / Elizabeth Tower | London, UK | 1859 | Augustus Pugin | Gothic Revival |
One World Trade Center | New York, USA | 2014 | David Childs (SOM) | Modern |
Forbidden City | Beijing, China | 1420 | Kuai Xiang | Chinese Imperial |
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Frequently asked questions
How is Famous Buildings of the World organized?
The table starts in the source data's order. Community voting is enabled as a separate approval signal beside eligible rows; votes do not replace the source values.
How much data is available on this page?
This dataset contains 25 entries, and every row is available in the table and in the downloadable files.
Can I download the complete dataset?
Yes. CSV, JSON, and Excel downloads contain all 25 rows. Before republishing the data, review the source and any usage terms listed on this page; dtbse does not replace the original source's licensing terms.
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