Designed by the multitalented Karl Friedrich Schinkel - a Prussian painter, urban planner and architect - the Altes Museum (Old Museum) on Berlin's Museum Island is a neoclassical beauty.
The Biosphere is a stunning glass sphere close to Genoa's Aquarium in the Old Port. Known affectionately as 'The Glass Bubble' it was designed by superstar architect Renzo Piano for the July 2001 G8 Meeting.
This tropical paradise is home to over 150 species of plants, as well as a rainforest that protects numerous birds, butterflies, and reptiles.