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Intérieur du grand magasin Les Galeries Lafayette, boulevard Haussmann Paris. - source Marios Ioannidis.

St. Nikolai Church Hamburg (Germany), Gothic Revival, tallest construction in the world until 1877, bombed in summer 1943 by the Royal Air Force. The ruins continue to serve as a memorial for the victims of war and Nazi terror

The medieval city of Hannover in 1930.

Los Angeles Highschool, Los Angeles, California, USA

Built 1917 and demolished 1971

Great Conservatory, Chatsworth, England, designed by Joseph Paxton (of Crystal Palace fame) in 1836, demolished in 1920

The Dutch House Bristol, England. Destroyed by incendiary bombs (the Blitz) in 1940

Dr. Saidman's Solarium, Aix-le-Bans, France. Built in 1930 as an experiment in heliotherapy, the building consisted of a rotating platform of cabins which turned to face the sun. It was destroyed in WWII.

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The Saltair Pavilion 1900-1925

The Los Angeles Orphan Asylum, Boyle Heights, LA, California. Built in 1890 and demolished in the late 1950s.

La Piazza Maria Immacolata à Martina Franca, Pouilles, Italie

General Electric Building, Manhattan, New York. Conçu par Cross & Cross et achevé en 1931. - source Daniel Gore.

St Catherine's Oratory, Isle of Wight, England by Howard Pratt

The World Heritage Site of Lalibela is famed for its striking churches, hewn from the surrounding rock some 800 years ago, Ethiopia, 2018 - by George Steinmetz (1957), American

Newstead Abbey, Nottinghamshire