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Wellcome Collection

Architecture; General architecture

The Wellcome Collection is a museum in London displaying an unusual mixture of medical artifacts and original artworks exploring ‘ideas about the connections between medicine, life and art’. The ...

The British Museum in London, United Kingdom is widely considered to be one of the world’s greatest museums of human history and culture. With a permanent collection of around eight million works, it ...

Rockefeller Center

Architecture; General architecture

The Rockefeller Center is a complex of 19 buildings covering 22 acres between 48th and 51st streets in New York City, United States. Construction was started in the 1930s by the wealthy Rockefeller ...

Panopticon

Architecture; General architecture

A specific design of a prison which enables guards to view all prisoners at any one time, without any of the prisoners knowing they are being watched. This is achieved with a circular design ...

beam

Architecture; General architecture

A structural member that caries a load. Beams are usually placed horizontally and care a vertical load where the weight is transferred to walls, girders or columns.