In pictures: Amazing buildings

An image of a man sitting reading with a number of different televisions on the wall — Image caption,
This building is described as a 'different and strange construction' and was taken in Bijar, Iran.

Rasol Bayati

This photo belongs to an ancient art ceiling in a carpet market in Iran and is called 'Hope Hole'

Image of a ceiling that looks like a fish

Yi Cherne Juang

This picture was taken at Westfield World Trade Centre in New York, USA. The photographer has called it 'Christmas in a fish skeleton'

David Meredith

This is an image of a concrete tripod taken in Serbia. It is called 'Avela'

Han Wichmann

Snapped in Utrecht in the Netherlands, this colourful building caught the eye of Hans Wichmann who took this photo.

Image of building workers against teh sun

Bev Jay

This photo was taken by Beverly Jay in Canada and she called it 'Working overtime'

Image of women in white outfits in a mosque

Hossein Farahani

The Umrah is an Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, performed by Muslims. Women change from their regular clothes to special white ones as part of the ritual.

image of a roof which is orange and the windows look like eyes

Ana Tchankvetadze

This picture was taken in Nuremberg, Germany - the eyes make this roof different and give an individual look to this house

Roberto Conte

This photograph is of stairs in a palace in Naples, Italy which create a unique and almost swan-shaped image.

Image of a building that looks like a mountain

Hamed Younesi

This is entitled 'Urban Mountain' and was taken in Baku, Azerbaijan

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