Skylights in the dome of the State Library Victoria illuminate the reading room below in Melbourne, Australia. Founded in 1854, it is Australia’s oldest public library. Due to water damage, the skylights were covered in 1959 – they were not uncovered until an extensive renovation in 1999.
Graffiti features a firefighting koala in Hosier Lane in Melbourne, Australia, Jan. 17, 2020. During that summer, record-setting bushfires destroyed more than 46 million acres of land and killed more than a billion animals in Australia. One-third of all koalas were killed, threatening the endangered species with extinction.
This building used to house the Design and Art College in Christchurch, New Zealand. It has been abandoned since an earthquake ravaged the city in 2010.
National Art Museum of Catalonia in Barcelona, Spain.
The Eiffel Tower at twilight in Paris.
Two skyscrapers in Melbourne, Australia.
Sculptures and murals decorate the concourse in front of Docklands Stadium in Melbourne, Australia.
Fighter jet at the entrance of the hangar of the Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum in Honolulu.
Fruit stand in the Sydney Fish Market in Sydney.
Abandoned truck on the side of a road south of Kona, Hawaii.
The Sydney Opera House in Sydney. Danish architect Jørn Utzon designed the iconic sail-like shells so that all of the pieces have the same curvature, saving manufacturing costs. Despite this, construction of the building took 11 years and exceeded the $7 million budget by $95 million.
Sandstone building in The Rocks neighborhood of Sydney. The Rocks used to be home to sandstone quarries that provided stone for many of Sydney’s iconic old buildings.
The Wai`oli Hui`ia Church in Hanalei, Hawaii, was built by Protestant missionaries in 1841, making it the oldest church building on the island of Kaua’i.
