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Balmoral Castle
Balmoral Castle is a large granite castle in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, built between 1853 and 1856, and the private summer residence of the British royal family, owned personally by the monarch.
Baltimore Harbor Tunnel
The Baltimore Harbor Tunnel is a four-lane twin-tube tunnel carrying Interstate 895 under the Patapsco River between Canton and Fairfield in Baltimore, Maryland, opened in November 1957.
Baltimore Memorial Stadium
Baltimore Memorial Stadium was a multi-purpose stadium at 33rd Street in Baltimore, Maryland, home to the Orioles from 1954 to 1991 and the Colts, demolished in 2002.
Baltimore truss
The Baltimore truss, also called the Petit truss, is a subdivided Pratt truss with sub-diagonals and sub-struts, developed in 1871 by Baltimore and Ohio Railroad engineers for heavy railroad bridges.
Baluster
A baluster is one of a series of closely spaced vertical supports for a handrail or coping, also called a banister or spindle, forming a balustrade.
Bamberg Cathedral
Bamberg Cathedral (Bamberger Dom) is the Catholic cathedral of Bamberg, Bavaria, rebuilt in late Romanesque and early Gothic style from about 1200 to 1237 with four towers.
Banaue Rice Terraces
The Banaue Rice Terraces (Hagdan-hagdang Palayan ng Banaue) are irrigated rice paddies carved into mountainsides in Ifugao province, northern Luzon, Philippines, part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Band-e Kaisar (بند قیصر)
Band-e Kaisar (Pol-e Kaisar, Bridge of Valerian) is an ancient Roman-built bridge dam across the Karun at Shushtar, Iran, built in the 3rd century AD.
Bandra–Worli Sea Link
The Bandra–Worli Sea Link, officially the Rajiv Gandhi Sea Link, is an 8-lane, 5.6-kilometer bridge over the Arabian Sea connecting Bandra and Worli in Mumbai, opened in 2009.
Bandstand
A bandstand, or music kiosk, is a raised, roofed, open-sided outdoor stage for musical bands that became the focal point of Victorian Britain's public parks, with over 1,500 built at its peak.
Banff Springs Hotel
The Banff Springs Hotel, now the Fairmont Banff Springs, is a resort hotel in Banff National Park, Alberta, opened by the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1888.
Bangladesh Bridge Authority (বাংলাদেশ সেতু কর্তৃপক্ষ)
Bangladesh Bridge Authority (বাংলাদেশ সেতু কর্তৃপক্ষ) is the government agency of Bangladesh responsible for bridges, tunnels, toll roads, and elevated expressways, created in 1985 to build the Jamuna Bridge.
Banihal Qazigund Road Tunnel
The Banihal Qazigund Road Tunnel, also called the Navyug Tunnel, is a twin-tube road tunnel opened in 2021 that carries National Highway 44 between Banihal and Qazigund in Jammu and Kashmir.
Bank filtration
Bank filtration, also called riverbank filtration or RBF, is a natural water treatment process where wells draw river water through bank soil and aquifer, removing contaminants.
Bank of America Tower (Manhattan)
Bank of America Tower at One Bryant Park is a 55-story, 1,200-foot skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan, the first LEED Platinum skyscraper in the United States.
Bank vault
A bank vault, also called a strongroom, is a reinforced, secured room within a bank built to protect cash, securities, records, and customer safe deposit boxes from theft.
Banke Bihari Temple (बांके बिहारी मंदिर)
Banke Bihari Temple (बांके बिहारी मंदिर) is a Hindu temple dedicated to Krishna in Vrindavan, Uttar Pradesh, whose image was received by the saint Swami Haridas in the sixteenth century.
Banqiao Dam
The Banqiao Dam, built on the Ru River in Henan, China, in 1951 and 1952, failed in August 1975 during Typhoon Nina's record rainfall, killing tens of thousands.
Banteay Srei
Banteay Srei, meaning Citadel of Women, is a 10th-century Hindu temple of pink sandstone northeast of Angkor in Cambodia, dedicated to Shiva and called a jewel of Khmer art.
Banz Abbey
Banz Abbey (Kloster Banz) is a former Benedictine abbey above the Main valley at Bad Staffelstein in Bavaria, rebuilt in Baroque style from 1698 and dissolved in 1803.
Baphuon
Baphuon (ប្រាសាទបាភួន) is a three-tiered 11th-century temple mountain in Angkor Thom, Cambodia, built as the state temple of King Udayadityavarman II and dedicated to Shiva.
Baptistery of Pisa
The Baptistery of Pisa (Battistero di San Giovanni Battista) is the circular baptistery of Pisa Cathedral, begun in 1152 and the largest baptistery in Italy.
Bara Imambara
Bara Imambara, also called Asafi Imambara, is a monumental Shia congregation hall in Lucknow, India, built by Nawab Asaf-ud-Daula between 1784 and 1791 as famine relief.
Baray
Baray are the large artificial reservoirs built at Angkor, capital of the Khmer Empire, forming the center of a water network covering over 1,000 km²; the West Baray still holds water.
Barbara Rutherford Hatch House
Barbara Rutherford Hatch House, also called Cyril and Barbara Rutherford Hatch Residence, is a 1917-19 Frederick J. Sterner townhouse at 153 East 63rd Street, Manhattan; a NYC landmark since 1977, once home to Dillingham, Gypsy Rose Lee, Jasper Johns, and Spike Lee.
Barbican Estate
The Barbican Estate, also known as the Barbican Complex, is a Brutalist residential and cultural development in the City of London, built to designs by Chamberlin, Powell and Bon.
Barcelona Cathedral
Barcelona Cathedral, dedicated to Saint Eulalia, is the Gothic cathedral of Barcelona and the seat of its archdiocese, built mainly from 1298 to the mid-15th century.
Barcelona City Hall
Barcelona City Hall (Casa de la Ciutat) is the seat of the Barcelona city council on the Plaça de Sant Jaume, in the city's Gothic Quarter.
Barcelona Pavilion
The Barcelona Pavilion, the German Pavilion at the 1929 Barcelona Exposition, is a small landmark building on Montjuïc designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Lilly Reich.
Bargi Dam
Bargi Dam, formally the Rani Avantibai Sagar Irrigation Project, is a dam on the Narmada River in Jabalpur district, Madhya Pradesh, supplying drinking water, irrigation, and hydropower.