Most amazing buildings in the world – Buildings: you spend most of your time in them unless you belong to a tribe of hunter-gatherers in Papua New Guinea and climb trees for elemental protection.

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Mankind’s most breathtaking endeavors have been in architecture. Paintings are pleasant, but they more seek to comment on the human condition than bedazzle their admirers. The gothic cathedral of Cologne in Germany, the mud clay mosque of Djenne in Mali, the Ming dynasty’s forbidden city in Beijing – these imposing structures were all raised to command respect. Never did an oil painting or a sculpture, however masterful yet paltry in comparison, remind man of his individual smallness and how much he can achieve in team.

Religious and imperial buildings are no longer the most important new structures. Resources are given to commercial spaces and palaces of enterprise mark the land. Many of the items on this list are places of business. But just because the impetus of their erection has changed, it does not make these buildings any less worthy of admiration. The art-deco flourishes of the Chrysler Building are just as wastefully ornamental as the gargoyles on Notre Dame, but just as mysterious and charismatic and compelling.

If you are curious, remain attentive, and see here the 50 most impressive buildings in the world.

50. One World Trade Center – New York, New York

The new World Trade Center is now the tallest building on the New York skyline, and, more than that, the tallest skyscraper in the Western Hemisphere; it’s nearly 1800 feet (or roughly 1/3 of a mile) tall. It is meant to reassert downtown Manhattan as a preeminent business center and represent a new civic icon for the country. The building, constructed with very modern mirrored-panes, achieves its two goals.

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