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The 22 most beautiful buildings in the world, according to architects

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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 Brasília. 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 Brasília. 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...

The 10 busiest airports in the world

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1. Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) US Global Investors No. of Passengers: 101.5 million Hartsfield-Jackson has remained the world’s busiest passenger airport in the world since 1998. Contributing to the airport’s prominence is Atlanta’s convenient location, a mere two-hour flight from 80 percent of the U.S. population. 2. Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK) US Global Investors No. of Passengers: 89.9 million Since its inception in 1958, Beijing Capital is known as “China’s No. 1 Gateway,” and is one of the largest aviation hubs with state-of-the-art facilities. It has carried out reconstruction projects seven times all together since 1965 to meet the ever-growing demand of passengers. 3. Dubai International Airport (DXB) US Global Investors No. of Passengers: 78 million As the premier airport in the United Arab Emirates, Dubai International continues to grow, with passenger numbers increasing 15 percent a year on average...

2017 world best city is vienna everyone must see it

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world top 10 race bikes 2017

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1. Dodge Tomahawk: 350 mph (560 km/h) This Dodge Tomahawk is very limited motorcycle that use 10 cylinder, 90 degrees v-type engine. It can reach 350 mph (560 km/h) when it’s on top speed. This motorcycle can produce 500 horsepower (370 Kw) @ 5600 rpm. This motorcycle is using a simple transmission system by using just 2 speed manual transmission . 2. Suzuki Hayabusa: 248 mph (397 km/h) This Japanese origin motorcycle is using 1340 cc, 4 stroke, four cylinder, liquid-cooled, DOHC, 16 valve engine. This Suzuki manufactured motorcycle can reach 248 mph (392 km/h) on its top speed. The power can be produced is 197 horsepower (147 kw) @ 6750 rpm. Transmission system used is 6 speeds with constant mesh. 3. MTT Turbine Superbike Y2K: 227 mph (365 km/h) This superbike is running using Royl Royce 250-C20 turbo shaft engine. The top speed can be reached by this motorcycle is 227 mph (365 km/h) while it can produce 320 horsepower (239 Kw) @ 52,000 rpm. The ...

The Top 10 Richest People in World in 2016

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1.Bill Gates – 75 billion Programmer, entrepreneur, business, investor, philanthropist and thinker Bill Gates founded the largest software company in the world, Microsoft in 1975. Until 2014, he was the largest shareholder in the company. He was the CEO of Microsoft until 2000, when he stepped down to be the Chief Software Architect instead. Although he was originally on track to become a lawyer, Gates found himself fascinated by computers at an early age. He enrolled in Harvard in 1973. He did not have a concrete study plan, but often found himself spending time around the school’s computers. In June 2006, Gates announced he would be working part-time at Microsoft, and full-time at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, his and wife Melinda’s personal charity. The charity has an endowment of over 40 billion dollars. 2. Amancio Ortega – 67 billion Spanish businessman Amancio Ortega had a modest start, founding a small family textiles factory in 1963. He later founded h...