the Reichtag

  The Reich tag is located in Berlin Germany. the construction started in 1884 and it was completed in 1894. 
The design and construction architect was Paul Wallot and the renovation architect was Norman Foster.  The large glass dome at the very top of the Reichstag has a 360-degree view of the surrounding Berlin cityscape. Construction work was finished in 1999.  

     I really like this dome because the dome is made out of glass and the light is able to go through. i also think its a great idea of people walking around it and see how the dome works. 

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a great cathedral 

built by the romans and

still in use today

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Chinese architecture 

nice string wooden structures 

still in use 

    

Incredible art 

Islamic architecture

 beautiful and geometrical  

chapter 11 domes

     Domes had been built many years ago. Some mud-brick domes had been excavated in Mesopotamia. How ever it all started with the Romans who built them of stone, brick and concrete. in the Eastern Roman Empire domes were frequently used on basilica churches.
     Domes construction in the twentieth century was transformed by new materials like reinforced concrete and steel. Geodesic domes were pioneered in Germany after the first world war. Geodesic domes are a spherical shell structure. They intersect to form triangle elements. They are like a playground climbers but a domes is closed.

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Mesoamerican 

temples were strong and huge

and still exist today

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 Indian carvings

      old and unique and still

 existed today