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Harishchandragad (हरिश्चंद्रगड)
Harishchandragad (हरिश्चंद्रगड) is a historical hill fort in the Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra, India, standing about 1,424 meters high in the Western Ghats and dating to the 6th century.
Harl Preslar Aldrich Jr.
Harl Preslar Aldrich Jr. (1923–2014) was an American geotechnical engineer who cofounded Haley & Aldrich and was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 1984.
Harris County Flood Control District
The Harris County Flood Control District is a special purpose district created by the Texas Legislature in 1937 to reduce flood damage in Harris County, the county containing Houston.
Harrisburg Covered Bridge
The Harrisburg Covered Bridge, also called East Fork Bridge, is a historic 1875 covered timber truss bridge over the East Fork of the Little Pigeon River near Sevierville, Tennessee.
Hartbeespoort Dam
Hartbeespoort Dam is an arch-type concrete dam on the Crocodile River in the Magaliesberg, completed in 1923 as the first irrigation scheme of the Union of South Africa.
Hartland Covered Bridge
The Hartland Covered Bridge crosses the Saint John River at Hartland, New Brunswick, and is the world's longest covered bridge, opened in 1901 and covered in the 1920s.
Hassan II Mosque (مسجد الحسن الثاني)
The Hassan II Mosque (مسجد الحسن الثاني), also known as King Hassan II Mosque, is a large mosque in Casablanca, Morocco, inaugurated in 1993 with a 200-meter minaret.
HASSELL
HASSELL is an international design practice founded in Australia in 1938 that works across architecture, urban design, landscape architecture, and interior design from studios worldwide.
Hatfield House
Hatfield House is a Jacobean country house in Hatfield Park, Hertfordshire, built between 1607 and 1612 for Robert Cecil, chief minister to King James I.
Haussmann's renovation of Paris
Haussmann's renovation of Paris, also known as Haussmannization, was a vast public works program commissioned by Napoleon III and directed by Georges-Eugène Haussmann between 1853 and 1870.
Hawa Mahal (हवा महल)
Hawa Mahal (हवा महल), or Palace of the Winds, is a five-storey sandstone palace in Jaipur, India, built in 1799 by Maharaja Sawai Pratap Singh for royal women to watch the street unseen.
Haweswater Aqueduct
The Haweswater Aqueduct is a 110 km gravity-fed pipeline carrying drinking water from Haweswater Reservoir in the Lake District to Manchester, serving 2.5 million people.
Hazara Rama Temple
The Hazara Rama Temple, also called the Ramachandra temple, is a fifteenth-century Hindu temple in Hampi, Karnataka, that served as the private temple of the Vijayanagara kings.
Hazarduari Palace
Hazarduari Palace, known to the Nawabs as Bara Kothi, is a neoclassical palace in Murshidabad, West Bengal, built 1829–1837 and named for its roughly 1,000 doors, many false.
Hazrati Imam Complex
The Hazrati Imam Complex, also written Khast Imam or Hastimom, is a religious ensemble in old Tashkent, Uzbekistan, housing the Uthman Quran, one of the oldest Qur'an copies.
HDR, Inc.
HDR, Inc. is an employee-owned American architecture, engineering, environmental, and construction services firm headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska, founded in 1917, with more than 14,000 employees in 15 countries.
Headrace and tailrace tunnels
Headrace and tailrace tunnels are hydropower tunnels conveying water from an intake to an underground powerhouse and back to the river, built as pressurized or free-flow tunnels.
Hearst Castle
Hearst Castle, formally La Cuesta Encantada, is a hilltop estate at San Simeon on California's Central Coast, built for publisher William Randolph Hearst by architect Julia Morgan between 1919 and 1947.
Hearth
A hearth is the fireproof floor of a fireplace, usually of stone, brick, or tile, and by extension a symbol of home and family life.
Hebel Haus
Hebel Haus (ヘーベルハウス) is a Japanese brand of factory-built homes sold by Asahi Kasei Homes since 1972, combining steel frames with Hebel concrete panels and marketed around 60-year durability and free inspections.
Hebrew Orphan Asylum
The Hebrew Orphan Asylum of New York was a Jewish orphanage in Manhattan, founded in 1860 by the Hebrew Benevolent Society; it cared for more than 35,000 children before closing in 1941.
Heidelberg Castle
Heidelberg Castle (Heidelberger Schloss) is a famous red sandstone ruin on the Königstuhl hill above Heidelberg, Germany, built as the residence of the counts palatine and prince electors of the Palatinate.
Heinz Nixdorf MuseumsForum
The Heinz Nixdorf MuseumsForum (HNF) is a computer museum in Paderborn, Germany, opened in 1996 in the former Nixdorf Computer AG headquarters and described as the world's largest.
Helensburgh Glow Worm Tunnel
The Helensburgh Glow Worm Tunnel, officially the Metropolitan Tunnel, is a disused 1888 railway tunnel at Helensburgh, Australia, home to a large glow worm colony.
Helical pile
A helical pile, also called a screw pile or helical anchor, is a steel deep foundation rotated into the ground like a screw, patented in 1833.
Hell Gate Bridge
The Hell Gate Bridge, also called the New York Connecting Railroad Bridge, is a steel through arch railroad bridge over the East River in New York City, opened in 1917.
Hells Canyon Dam
Hells Canyon Dam is a 330-foot concrete gravity dam on the Snake River on the Idaho–Oregon border, completed in 1967 and operated by Idaho Power.
Helsinki Expo and Convention Centre
Helsinki Expo and Convention Centre, known as Messukeskus, is Finland's largest exhibition and congress center, in Itä-Pasila, Helsinki, opened in 1975 and owned by the Finnish Fair Corporation.
Hempcrete
Hempcrete, also called hemp-lime concrete, is a bio-composite building material of hemp shiv and lime, first mixed in France around 1990 for insulation and wall infill.
Henry G. Schwartz Jr.
Henry G. Schwartz Jr., known as H. Gerard Schwartz Jr., is an American civil engineer elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 1997 for wastewater treatment systems.