inspiring/impressive structures all around the world....

[Cyril Tourneur]

now that there is that thread on decaying structures, what about a thread on buildings/structures which are impressive in some kind of way for you....(thanks pet for this question about the cologne cathedral and des for the pics of his trip to norway)

so my first one and definitely a favorite of mine is this....

Church of Our Lady Before Tyn in Prague

[Daisy]

Built in the years 1737-1749, the Radcliffe Camera in Oxford, England serves as a reading space for users of the Bodleian Library. From the upper rooms, the view of the “city of dreaming spires” is spectacular.

[Nemonymous]

The pictures below will not be considered as impressive or inspiring by many people, but having shown a crumbling tacky building in Clacton on Sea (on the other thread) below are two buildings that appear together on Clacton sea-front upon the route of my regular walk between Holland on Sea and Clacton (4 mile round trip) that I have been making nearly every day for 13 years since I started living here. They mean a lot to me. They are inspiring and impressive to me. They are canonical (if not conical) within my Rulebook of Architectura, through habit and acclimatisation. But they are strangely seasidey, too, I'm sure. (The 2nd picture is one of the buildings in the 1st picture but from a different angle and closer up).