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Burgos Cathedral
Burgos Cathedral is the Gothic Catholic cathedral of Burgos in northern Spain, dedicated to Saint Mary, begun in 1221 and completed in 1567, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1984.
Burj Al Arab (برج العرب)
The Burj Al Arab (برج العرب, Tower of the Arabs) is a 321-meter luxury hotel in Dubai, opened in 1999 on an artificial island off Jumeirah Beach and shaped like a dhow's sail.
Burj Al Babas
Burj Al Babas is an abandoned luxury development of near-identical chateau-style villas near Mudurnu in northwestern Turkey, halted in 2018 when its developer went bankrupt.
Burj Binghatti Jacob & Co Residences
Burj Binghatti Jacob & Co Residences is an ultra-luxury residential skyscraper under construction in Business Bay, Dubai, designed to become the world's tallest residential building.
Burj Khalifa (برج خليفة)
Burj Khalifa (برج خليفة), formerly Burj Dubai, is an 828-meter mixed-use skyscraper in Dubai, the tallest building in the world since its opening in 2010.
Burns & McDonnell
Burns & McDonnell is an American engineering and construction firm headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri. Founded in 1898, it has been 100 percent employee-owned since 1986.
Burr arch truss
The Burr arch truss, also called the Burr truss, is a wooden bridge form patented by Theodore Burr in 1817, used chiefly for American covered bridges.
Burrinjuck Dam
Burrinjuck Dam, forming Lake Burrinjuck, is a major dam on the Murrumbidgee River in New South Wales, Australia, and the main storage for the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area.
Butterley Tunnel
Butterley Tunnel is a disused canal tunnel on the Cromford Canal in Derbyshire, England, built in the early 1790s and closed permanently by mining-subsidence collapses in 1900.
Buttress dam
A buttress dam, also known as a hollow dam, is a dam in which a thin watertight wall or series of arches is supported by regularly spaced downstream buttresses.
Byodo-In (Hawaii)
Byodo-In Temple in Kaneohe, Oahu, Hawaii: a non-practicing replica of the Uji, Japan World Heritage temple, built 1968 without nails for the Japanese immigration centennial, with an 18-foot gold Amida Buddha and bon-sho bell.
Byzantine architecture
Byzantine architecture, or Eastern Roman architecture, is the building tradition of the Byzantine Empire from the 4th century onward, known for domed churches such as Hagia Sophia.
C. Y. O'Connor
C. Y. O'Connor, born Charles Yelverton O'Connor (1843–1902), was an Irish-born civil engineer who, as Engineer-in-Chief of Western Australia, built Fremantle Harbour and the Goldfields Water Supply Scheme.
Ca' d'Oro
Ca' d'Oro, officially Palazzo Santa Sofia and also known as Casa D'Oro, is a Venetian Gothic palace on the Grand Canal in Venice, named for its once gilded facade.
Cable arrangements and pylon forms of cable-stayed bridges
Cable arrangements and pylon forms of cable-stayed bridges cover the fan, semi-fan, and harp stay layouts and the H, A, inverted-Y, and diamond pylon shapes that carry the deck.
Cable saddle
A cable saddle is a curved steel casting at a bridge tower top or anchorage over which a main cable passes and changes direction, transferring cable tension into the tower.
Cable-stayed and extradosed bridges of the Americas, Africa, the Middle East and Oceania
A survey of notable cable-stayed and extradosed bridges in the Americas, Africa, the Middle East, and Oceania, led by Mexico's 520 m Baluarte Bicentenario Bridge.
Cable-stayed bridge
A cable-stayed bridge is a bridge whose deck is supported directly by inclined cables running from towers, dominant for spans of roughly 150 to 600 m.
Cable-stayed bridges in Europe
Cable-stayed bridges in Europe include the pioneering Strömsund Bridge of 1955 and France's Pont de Normandie, whose 856 m main span set a world record in 1995.
Cable-stayed bridges of Asia
Cable-stayed bridges of Asia surveys the region's record spans and national programs, led by China's 1,088 m Sutong Bridge, Hong Kong's Stonecutters Bridge, and Japan's 890 m Tatara Bridge.
Cable-stayed footbridge
A cable-stayed footbridge is a pedestrian or cycle bridge whose slender deck is carried by inclined stay cables running to towers, with typical spans of 30–100 meters.
Cabrini–Green Homes
Cabrini–Green Homes was a Chicago public housing complex built between 1942 and 1962, a national symbol of failed high-rise public housing that was demolished by 2010.
Caernarfon Castle
Caernarfon Castle (Castell Caernarfon) is a medieval royal castle in Gwynedd, Wales, begun by Edward I in 1283 and the site of investitures of the Prince of Wales.
Caesar's Rhine bridges
Caesar's Rhine bridges were two wooden military bridges built across the Rhine by Julius Caesar during the Gallic War, the first in 55 BC, the second in 53 BC.
Caesars Palace
Caesars Palace is a Roman-themed hotel, casino, and resort on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada, opened by developer Jay Sarno in 1966 as the Strip's first fully themed casino resort.
Cahora Bassa Dam
The Cahora Bassa Dam is a 171-meter concrete arch dam on the Zambezi River in Tete Province, Mozambique, generating 2,075 MW and exporting power mostly to South Africa.
Cahora Bassa Dam resettlement
Cahora Bassa Dam resettlement was the forced removal of farming and fishing communities in Mozambique's lower Zambezi valley for the Cahora Bassa Dam, 1972 to 1975.
Cairo Citadel
The Cairo Citadel, also known as the Citadel of Saladin, is a medieval fortress in Cairo, Egypt, begun by Saladin in 1176 and Egypt's seat of government for seven centuries.
Cairo Citadel Aqueduct
The Cairo Citadel Aqueduct, known in Arabic as Magra al-Oyoun, is a fortified stone aqueduct built from 1312 under Sultan al-Nasir Muhammad to carry Nile water to the Citadel of Salah al-Din.
Caisson (engineering)
A caisson is a watertight hollow structure sunk into ground or a riverbed and filled with concrete to form a deep foundation, used for bridge piers and skyscrapers.