110 Buildings That Left Architecture Lovers Completely Stunned (New Pics)

When I visited Taiwan last December, one of the first things that struck about the architecture in Taipei and Kaohsiung was how modern yet nostalgic in can be. You could clearly tell that the country experienced economic booms in the late 90’s and the 2010s based on the designs of the skyscrapers there. Kaohsiung was a city that I had unexpectedly fallen in love with, as the buildings there had so much character and yet I think it speaks volumes how the tallest building there (formerly the tallest building in Taiwan) sits abandoned.

Estádio Municipal de Braga is a football stadium in Braga, Portugal. It was built in 2003 for UEFA Euro 2004 and has a capacity of 30,286 spectators. It was designed by architect Eduardo Souto de Moura and structural engineer Rui Furtado.

The stadium is carved into the side of a former granite quarry on Monte Castro, with rock forming one goal end and the opposite end open to the valley. Only two lateral stands were constructed, connected by a canopy-style roof supported by steel tension cables.

Concrete, exposed rock, and steel are the primary visible materials. The design integrates the structure with the landscape rather than enclosing it.

It is the home of Sporting Clube de Braga. The architect won the Pritzker Prize partly for this work.