PLACES: TIANFU OFFICIAL STATION - WULONG,CHINA

This building is called the "Tianfu official station" (天福官驿). It's a meticulously reconstructed version of its former self, a historical building built in 619 AD in the Tang Dynasty, as a government-run motel. Today it's just a tourist attraction.

It was featured in one of the action scenes in the movie "Curse of the Golden Flower":
http://youtu.be/ibWZg-SWwHQ#t=59m

STRUCTURES: HOUSE BUILT ON A ROCK IN THE RIVER

These amazing pictures of this tiny one-room house balancing on a rock in the middle of the Drina River in Serbia, is mind blowing considering it has been there since it was built in 1968! COOL!

Pounded by floods and high winds, it continues to stand strong against the elements of time. The structure, located near the town of Bajina Basta, has become a well-known attraction for visitors to the area. The house was built by a group of young men who decided that the rock on the river was an ideal place for a tiny shelter, according to the house's co-owner, who was among those involved in its construction. - Yahoo.com

Now this is one well-built house!

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STRUCTURES: 6 OF THE WORLD'S TALLEST SKYSCRAPERS IN 2012

CTBUH, (Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat), did their Year in Review: Tall Trends of 2012.  They did over 62 buildings but we're only featuring the top 6.  Interesting enough, 4 out of these 6 structures completed in 2012 were from Dubai.


6.) JW Marriott Marquis Hotel Dubai Tower 1
The JW Marriott Marquis Hotel Dubai Tower 1 is a hotel located in the city of Dubai, in United Arab Emirates.  The construction on this hotel was started in 2006 and completed in 2012.  It stands 355.4 meter / 1166 feet high with 82 floors above ground level and 2 floors below.  It has 14 elevators and 804 hotel rooms with 1045 parking spaces.

It's rankings are as follows:

Global Ranking: #27 tallest in the World
Regional Ranking: #8 tallest in Middle East
National Ranking: #6 tallest in UAE
City Ranking:     #6 tallest in Dubai

STRUCTURES: HOUSE IN SAYO, JAPAN

As seen on Dezeen, by fujiwaramuro architects:
Boxy wooden rooms branch out from a crooked blue spine at this family house in Sayo, Japan.

With a simple title such as the House in Sayo, this single-storey residence is located beside a car park in a sparsely populated residential district.

PLACES: MARINA BAY SANDS, SINGAPORE

Marina Bay Sands, opened to the public in June of 2010, is a $5 billion, high-density, mixed-use integrated resort that brings together a 2,560-room hotel, convention center, shopping and dining, theaters, museum, and a casino across the water from Singapore’s Central Business District. Designed by Boston-based, internationally renowned architect Moshe Safdie for the Las Vegas Sands Corporation, the 929,000 square meter (10 million square-foot) urban district anchors the Singapore waterfront, creates a gateway to Singapore, and provides a dynamic setting for a vibrant public life.