The 22 most beautiful buildings in the world, according to architects
The 22 most beautiful buildings in the world, according to architects The Parthenon in Athens, Greece. The Parthenon's architects: Phidias, Callicrates, and Ictinus Wikimedia Commons "It's the quintessential beautiful architectural form," Tara Imani says. "The Doric order, the use of entasis [a slight curve in columns] to make sure the columns didn't look spindly from a distance...the siting on a hilltop — it gave us our initial ABCs of architecture that we keep trying to use and improve upon today." Imani is the founding architect of Tara Imani Designs. The National Congress of Brazil in BrasÃlia. The National Congress of Brazil's architect: Oscar Niemeyer Wikipedia Commons "In 1974, my father, a scientist took our family to see the new city of BrasÃlia. It captured the imagination of the world," Julia Donoho says. "Planned in the shape of an airplane, Corbusian [the modern architectural style of Le Corbusier] h