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The Azadi Tower, Tehran (Iran):
The tower is about 45 Meters (148 ft) tall and is completely clad in Mcut marble. It was commissioned by Mohammad Reza Pahlavi,
Built in 1971 to mark 2,500 years since the Persian Empire, the Azadi Tower is now Tehran’s most iconic landmark. Over 8,000 white marble blocks from Esfahan make up the 45-metre high tower. The architect, Hossein Amanat, used historical events as inspiration for the design. The main archway combines the arch of the Pre-Islamic ruins at Ctesiphon with the pointed arches of the Islamic period, encapsulating a millennia of Persian history.

Architect - Hossein Amanat

Structural engineer - Ove Arup & Partners

Cost - $6 million (1971-72)

Museum of the Future: Inside ‘the world’s most beautiful building’

The Museum of the Future comprises 2,400 diagonally intersecting steel beams and zero columns for support, This is 77 Meter tall.

Local architectural firm Killa Design, which won the design competition for the museum in 2015, came up with the shape. According to the architect Shaun Killa, the solid part of the structure represents the knowledge that we have today while the void represents all that we do not yet know — the future.

Famous Meenakshi Temple in Madurai, Tamilnadu, India. Based on South Indian temple architecture, also called the Dravida Style,

The temple complex covers 15 acres, and has 4,500 pillars and 12 towers -- it's massive! Most astonishing of all is its many sculptures.

Built by Pandayan Emperor Sadayavarman Kulasekaran I (1190 CE–1205 CE).