Ten of the Greatest Architecture Designs in Modern History, Personal Interest Vacations for Architectects

1. Millennium Dome in London, build in 2000, designed by the Richard Rogers Partnership. The structure looks like a large tent and has a diameter of 365 m. You can use the Airfare Search & Compare Engine, which provides the lowest airfares on the Internet at the time of your search. Thousands of airfares searched at one time.

 2. The Serpentine Pavilion, built in London 2002 was designed by Toyo Ito, with Cecil Balmond serving as chief engineer. Most believe the most modern architecture to be of the future. The building is said to create an illusion where boundaries appear to disappear.

3. Blur, Expo 02, Yverdon-les-Bains, 2002 was designed by New York architects Diller and Scofidio and is extremely popular at the Expo 02 in Switzerland. The building, made of ensile steel, 20m high and 100m long, sits over Lake Neuchatel. This structure is said to be amazing and well worth the visit. You can find the lowest airfares on the Internet at the time of your search by using the Airfare Search Engine.

Photo Credit: Beat Widmer

 4. 30 St Mary Axe, in London, built in 2003 brings a whole new look to the architecture world in London. Norman foster’s Gherkin is said to be love by many and disliked by others. This is a definite building and design to visit alone with the ancient artitectural designs when visiting London.

5. Also at the top of the list of top modern designs is the European Southern Observatory Hotel, in Cerro Paranal, Chile. Built in 2003, the hotel for astronomers is an exciting architecture design which displays geometric red concrete walls. This unique structure was designed by Auer and Weber of Munich, with engineers from Mayr and Ludescher.

6. Next on the list, is the Beijing National Stadium which was built in 2008. The stadium holds 80,000 and was designed by the Swiss Architects firm, Herzog and de Meuron, using the Chinese artist, Ai Weiwel. This magnificent building was the highlight of the 2008 Olympics. The entire structure resembles that of a “bird nest” and definitely should be on an the “to see” list for architecture enthusiast.

7. Again, we have London on the list, with the St. Pancras Station built in 2007. This is a railway terminal which you don’t want to miss when you are visiting London. This complex is not yet completed.

8. The first bridge on the list of the top 10 greatest modern architectural designs is Le Viaduc de Millau, in Aveyron, in southern France. The bridge was completed in 2004 and was designed by the engineer Michel Virlogeux and Norman Foster. Finding the best airfares to France this summer or fall can be challenging. You can use the Airfare Search Engine to find the lowest flights and best hotel rates at the time of your search.

The bridge is taller than the Eiffel Tower

9. In incorporating the old with the new, British architect, David Chipperfield re-created the Neues Museum in Berlin which re-opened in 2009. The combination of the old building which was closed in 1939 comes to life with the new technology and modern design. We must say there are many more ancient and breath taking architectural designs in Germany.

10. Last on our list, but certainly not least is the world’s tallest buildings in Dubai. Burj Dubai was designed by Adrian Smith and Bill Baker of Chicago. The building has 160 storey of hotel rooms, alone with apartments and high rise offices. There is no doubt that architectural enthuism will want to jet off to Dubai and view this amazing structure with their own eyes. Find the lowest airfares by using the Airfare Compare and Save Search Engine.

Please forgive us if we have left any important structure off this un-official list. We are not experienced in the area of architecture and relied heavily on architecture journals and comparisons to bring you this list.