30 Architectural Marvels: Interesting Facts About Famous Buildings

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26One World Trade Center

One World Trade Center

On very windy days the One World Trade Center makes a high pitched sound which is described as “whining”, “howling” or “moaning.”


27. There was a leaning tower (Leaning Tower of Zaragoza) in Spain which was 100 feet taller than the Leaning Tower of Pisa but it was demolished in 1892.


28. Buildings in Amsterdam 'lean' inwards not due to a trick of the eye or bad architecture, but because it makes it easier to hoist furniture up if the buildings are slightly slanted.


29. Boston City Hall has been called "one of the world's ugliest buildings" and that calls for its destructions "have been regular since before construction was finished" in 1968.


30. The architecture of the University of Texas at El Paso is modeled after Bhutanese monasteries, known as Dzong architecture.

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