r/architectureporn images and videos

Gunpowder Tower, Prague. OC.

A masterpiece of Belgian Art Nouveau: The staircase hall of Maison Hannon, Brussels (1902). A stunning collaboration between architect Jules Brunfaut and French painter Paul Baudouin. [OC]

Ornate window in Church of Santa Clara, Porto, Portugal [OC]

Holy Trinity Cathedral, Auckland, New Zealand - Pacific Gothic [OC]

Gengenbach, Germany

Jugendstil (Art Nouveau) residential facade with detailed caryatids and stuccowork at Oppenhoffallee, in the Frankenberger Viertel of Aachen, Germany [OC]

Vestibule of Schloss Favorite in Rastatt, Germany

Storefront in Osaka

The choir café inside the Dominican bookstore, a 13th-century Gothic church turned bookshop. Maastricht, Netherlands [OC]

Bucharest, Romania

Eclectic 1902 apartment building with strong Art Nouveau elements, designed by Aimé Van Roose. Saint-Gilles, Brussels, Belgium. [OC]

Piazza Duomo of Ortigia in Syracuse, Sicily

From hosting 18th-century grand banquets to celebrating modern weddings: The Baroque "White Hall" (Weißer Saal) inside Aachen's 14th-century Town Hall, Germany. Built over the foundations of Charlemagne’s palace.

Art Deco interiors of The Daily Telegraph building, Napier, New Zealand [OC]

The historic courtyard of Novacella Abbey (Varna, South Tyrol, Italy), featuring its 1673 Renaissance fountain, Baroque monastery wings, and the Romanesque bell tower [OC]

Interior of an 18th century tomb in Hyderabad, Pakistan

Grand Hotel, Leicester, UK built 1898 by Orson Wright. The wedding cake top was designed by Amos Hall and added in 1902. Considered the finest hotel in the Midlands when built.

Matsumoto Castle, Nagano Prefecture, Japan. Completed around 1594, this classic wooden Japanese castle is a hirajiro (flat‑land castle), with large moats and thick walls, and was known as “Karasu‑jō” (the Crow Castle) because of its black exterior, designed to intimidate attackers...[1920x1080] [OC]

Palacio de Sobrellano(Comillas/Cantabria)España [OC]

St Nicolas Church, Leicester, UK build 879 a rare example of an old Saxon there are some gothic additions from the Middle Ages, but the tower is rare example of Early Middle Architecture which mostly has been lost

Osaki Hachimangu, Sendai, Japan - Momoyama style [OC]

Iglesia Nuestra Señora ante Týn(Praga/Chequia)[OC]

Five-story Pagoda, Senso-ji Temple, Asakusa, district, Tokyo, Japan. Also known as Asakusa Kannon, Senso-ji is a Buddhist temple complex, Tokyo's oldest-established temple, and one of its most significant. The origin of the temple complex dates to 645... [1280x821] [OC]

1350 Connecticut Ave. N.W./The DuPont Circle Building

A building on the Via Etnea in Catania, Sicily. Sicilian Baroque all in one building.

Shōren-in, Kyoto, Japan [OC]

Abandoned Church in Chicago

The rooftops of Tōshō-gū Shinto shrine, Nikkō, Japan, dedicated to Tokugawa Ieyasu, founder of the Tokugawa shogunate, 17th century. [1920x1080] [OC]

Apple Carnegie Library/Washingto, D.C./OC

Gilsey House, NYC.

The Lamot building in the historical center of Mechelen, Belgium: An adaptive reuse project fusing a 1920s brick brewery with a contemporary glass extension by 51N4E Architects. Repurposed into a mixed-use congress/cultural center, shops, and a restaurant with view. [OC]

House of the City, actually a concert hall. Prague, OC.

Puerta del Sol, center of Madrid and Spain.

Sydney Through Time [OC]

Palacio de Jabalquinto (Baeza/Jaén)España [OC]

Prague. Kings Court Hotel. OC.

Pagoda Trono de Diamante (Hangzhou/China)[OC]

Birds Eye View on a Sunday Morning [1500x844]

The Circuit, Clarke Quay, Singapore [OC]

Iglesia de Santa María Magdalena (Isla de Pico)Azores-Portugal [OC]

Medina City [OS]

Old Medina, Fez, Morocco [OS]

Orient Towers(Auckland)Nueva Zelanda [OC]

Electric Theatre, Leicester, UK built 1910 late Art Nouveau

Kasbah, Algeria, [OS]

Museu de les Ciències in Valencia by Calatrava (ES)

Casa Tradicional de la Engandina(Scuol Sot/Comarca de los Grisones)Suiza [OC]