list of 50 important architectural buildings and their architects:
International Architecture:
- Eiffel Tower (Paris, France) – Gustave Eiffel
- Taj Mahal (Agra, India) – Ustad Ahmad Lahauri
- Sydney Opera House (Sydney, Australia) – Jørn Utzon
- Fallingwater (Pennsylvania, USA) – Frank Lloyd Wright
- The Guggenheim Museum (New York, USA) – Frank Lloyd Wright
- Burj Khalifa (Dubai, UAE) – Adrian Smith (Skidmore, Owings & Merrill)
- The Shard (London, UK) – Renzo Piano
- Louvre Pyramid (Paris, France) – I. M. Pei
- The White House (Washington, USA) – James Hoban
- The Colosseum (Rome, Italy) – Vespasian, Titus
- Parthenon (Athens, Greece) – Iktinos and Kallikrates
- Sagrada Familia (Barcelona, Spain) – Antoni GaudÃ
- Villa Savoye (Poissy, France) – Le Corbusier
- The Pantheon (Rome, Italy) – Apollodorus of Damascus
- The Capitol (Washington, USA) – William Thornton
- Petra (Jordan) – Nabataean architects
- Notre-Dame Cathedral (Paris, France) – Maurice de Sully (concept), restoration by Eugène Viollet-le-Duc
- St. Peter's Basilica (Vatican City, Rome) – Michelangelo, Donato Bramante, Carlo Maderno
- The Great Wall of China – Various architects (Dynastic era construction)
- Chrysler Building (New York, USA) – William Van Alen
- Empire State Building (New York, USA) – Shreve, Lamb & Harmon
- Dome of the Rock (Jerusalem, Israel) – Raja ibn Haywa and Yazid Ibn Salam
- Royal Ontario Museum (Toronto, Canada) – Daniel Libeskind
- Centre Pompidou (Paris, France) – Renzo Piano and Richard Rogers
- One World Trade Center (New York, USA) – David Childs (Skidmore, Owings & Merrill)
Indian Architecture:
- Qutub Minar (Delhi, India) – Qutb-ud-Din Aibak and Iltutmish
- Lotus Temple (Delhi, India) – Fariborz Sahba
- Victoria Memorial (Kolkata, India) – William Emerson
- Gateway of India (Mumbai, India) – George Wittet
- Brihadeeswarar Temple (Thanjavur, India) – Raja Raja Chola I
- Hawa Mahal (Jaipur, India) – Lal Chand Ustad
- Rashtrapati Bhavan (Delhi, India) – Edwin Lutyens
- Mysore Palace (Mysore, India) – Henry Irwin
- Humayun's Tomb (Delhi, India) – Mirak Mirza Ghiyas
- Akshardham Temple (Delhi, India) – BAPS Architects
- Charminar (Hyderabad, India) – Mir Momin Astarabadi
- Golconda Fort (Hyderabad, India) – Qutb Shahi rulers
- City Palace (Jaipur, India) – Sawai Jai Singh II
- Jantar Mantar (Jaipur, India) – Sawai Jai Singh II
- Meenakshi Temple (Madurai, India) – Various Nayak rulers
- Victoria Terminus (Mumbai, India) – Frederick William Stevens
- IIM Ahmedabad (Ahmedabad, India) – Louis Kahn
- Jawahar Kala Kendra (Jaipur, India) – Charles Correa
- Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya (Mumbai, India) – George Wittet
- Sabarmati Ashram (Ahmedabad, India) – Charles Correa
- Jaigarh Fort (Jaipur, India) – Sawai Jai Singh II
- India Gate (Delhi, India) – Edwin Lutyens
- Sun Temple (Konark, India) – Bisu Maharana
- Lingaraja Temple (Bhubaneswar, India) – Jajati Keshari
- Dilwara Temples (Mount Abu, India) – Vastupal-Tejpal
These are well-known buildings across the world and in India, reflecting the work of some of history's greatest architects.
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