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World Commission on Dams
The World Commission on Dams was an independent 12-member body formed by the World Bank and IUCN in 1998 to review large dams, releasing its 2000 report Dams and Development.
World Guide to Covered Bridges
The World Guide to Covered Bridges is the reference register of covered bridges maintained by the National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges, first published in 1959.
World One
World One, also known as World One Mumbai, is a 280 m, 76-floor residential skyscraper in Worli, Mumbai, completed in 2020 and India's tallest building until 2023.
World Trade Center (1973–2001)
The World Trade Center (1973–2001) was a seven-building commercial complex in Lower Manhattan, built for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.
World Trade Center (2001–present)
The World Trade Center is the rebuilt Lower Manhattan campus replacing the complex destroyed on September 11, 2001, including One World Trade Center and the 9/11 Memorial.
World's littlest skyscraper
The World's littlest skyscraper, formally the Newby-McMahon Building, is a 40-foot, four-story red brick building in downtown Wichita Falls, Texas, completed in 1919 as a tourist attraction.
Wrest Park
Wrest Park is a country estate at Silsoe in Bedfordshire, England, with a French-style mansion and Grade I registered gardens in the care of English Heritage.
WSP Global
WSP Global Inc. is a Canadian professional services firm headquartered in Montréal that provides engineering and advisory services in over 50 countries with about 83,000 employees.
Wyangala Dam
Wyangala Dam is a major water storage on the Lachlan River in Central West New South Wales, Australia, built between 1928 and 1935 and enlarged between 1961 and 1971.
Xayaburi Dam (ເຂື່ອນໄຊຍະບູລີ)
Xayaburi Dam (ເຂື່ອນໄຊຍະບູລີ), first dam on the lower Mekong mainstream in Xayaburi province, Laos; 1,285 MW run-of-river barrage commissioned 29 October 2019, exporting 1,220 MW to Thailand under a 29-year PPA at 2.16 baht/kWh.
Xayaburi Dam dispute
The Xayaburi Dam dispute was a dispute over a hydroelectric dam on the Lower Mekong River in Laos, the first mainstream dam reviewed by the Mekong River Commission.
Xbloc
Xbloc is a single-layer, interlocking concrete armor unit for breakwaters and shore protections, developed by Delta Marine Consultants in the Netherlands and introduced in 2003.
Xiaolangdi Dam
Xiaolangdi Dam (小浪底) is a large multipurpose dam on the Yellow River in Henan Province, China, built for flood control, sediment reduction, and power generation.
Xiaowan Dam
The Xiaowan Dam (小湾坝), also called the Xiaowan Hydropower Station, is a 294.5 m double-curvature arch dam on the Lancang River in Yunnan, China, with a 4,200 MW power station.
Xihoumen Bridge
The Xihoumen Bridge (西堠门大桥) is a suspension bridge in Zhejiang, China, opened in 2009 to link Jintang and Cezi islands with a 1,650 m main span, then China's longest.
Yacyretá Dam
The Yacyretá Dam is a binational Argentina–Paraguay hydroelectric complex on the Paraná River, jointly governed under a 1973 treaty, with 20 Kaplan turbines and 3,200 MW of installed capacity.
Yakhchāl (یخچال)
A yakhchāl (یخچال, Persian for "ice pit") is a traditional Iranian ice house built of heat-resistant sarooj mortar that stored winter ice for summer use until the 1960s.
Yalı
A yalı, meaning "waterside" in Turkish, is a traditional Ottoman waterfront residence on the Bosphorus shores of Istanbul, used by the urban elite as a summer house.
Yamuna Canal
The Yamuna Canal refers to two irrigation channels, the Western and Eastern Yamuna Canals, drawing water from the Yamuna River at Hathnikund Barrage in Haryana.
Yangqu hydroelectric plant
Yangqu hydroelectric plant (羊曲水电站) is a 1,200 MW hydropower station on the upper Yellow River in Qinghai, China, fully commissioned in December 2024 and notable for China's first embedded concrete-face rockfill dam.
Yashobhoomi
Yashobhoomi, formally the India International Convention and Expo Centre, is India's largest convention and exhibition complex in Dwarka, New Delhi, with Phase 1 inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2023.
Yasukuni Shrine (靖国神社)
Yasukuni Shrine (Yasukuni Jinja), originally Tokyo Shokonsha, is a Shinto shrine in central Tokyo founded by Emperor Meiji in 1869 that commemorates over 2,466,000 Japanese war dead.
Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge
The Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge (Yavuz Sultan Selim Köprüsü) is a hybrid cable-stayed suspension bridge over the Bosphorus in Istanbul, opened in 2016 as the third Bosphorus crossing.
Yellow Fleet
The Yellow Fleet was a group of merchant ships trapped in the Great Bitter Lake section of the Suez Canal from 1967 to 1975 after the Six-Day War.
Yeouido Park One
Yeouido Park One, commonly written Parc.1 (여의도 파크원), is a mixed-use complex of office towers, a hotel, and retail on Yeouido Island in Seoul, completed in 2020.
Yeşil Mosque
The Yeşil Mosque (Yeşil Cami, Green Mosque) is an early Ottoman imperial mosque in Bursa, commissioned by Sultan Mehmed I and named for its green and turquoise tiles.
YIT
YIT (Finnish: Yleinen Insinööritoimisto, "General Engineering Office") is Finland's largest construction company, founded in 1912, headquartered in Helsinki, active in seven European countries, and listed on Nasdaq Helsinki.
Yolo Bypass
The Yolo Bypass is a leveed flood-control basin in the Sacramento Valley west of Sacramento that routes Sacramento River floodwaters south to the Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta.
Yongdam Dam
Yongdam Dam (용담댐) is a multipurpose dam on the Geum River in Jinan County, South Korea, completed in 2001 to supply water to Jeonju and generate hydropower.
York Minster
York Minster is a Gothic cathedral in England and the seat of the Archbishop of York; it is one of the largest medieval Gothic structures in northern Europe.