These 25 world-famous landmarks could have looked VERY different
lovemoney staff
13 December 2023
Rejected designs that reveal what might have been
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Selfridges, London, England
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Selfridges, London, England
Courtesy RIBA Collections
Eiffel Tower, Paris
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Eiffel Tower, Paris
PD-1923/BnF
Washington Monument, Washington DC, USA
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Washington Monument, Washington DC, USA
PD-1923/Wikimedia Commons
Lincoln Memorial, Washington DC, USA
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Lincoln Memorial, Washington DC, USA
Courtesy National Archives
Tower Bridge, London, England
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Tower Bridge, London, England
PD-1923/Engineer magazine
Sydney Harbour Bridge, Australia
Taras Vyshnya/Shutterstock
Sydney Harbour Bridge, Australia
Courtesy National Archives of Australia
Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral, England
Yuriy Chertok/Shutterstock
Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral, England
Peter Byrne/PA Archive
Liverpool Cathedral, England
Alastair Wallace/Shutterstock
Liverpool Cathedral, England
PD-1923/Wikimedia Commons
Arc de Triomphe, Paris
Frederic Prochasson/Shutterstock
Arc de Triomphe, Paris
Nunh-huh/Wikimedia Commons
Palace of Westminster, London, England
Samot/Shutterstock
Palace of Westminster, London, England
Courtesy RIBA Collections
Chicago Tribune Tower, USA
Steve Cukrov/Shutterstock
Chicago Tribune Tower, USA
PD-1923/Chicago Tribune archive
Royal Courts of Justice, London, England
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Royal Courts of Justice, London, England
PD-1923/Alfred Waterhouse
Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, USA
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Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, USA
Courtesy California Historical Society
St Paul's Cathedral, London, England
Shutterstock
St Paul's Cathedral, London, England
PD-1923/All Souls College, Oxford
United States Capitol, Washington DC, USA
Lyubov Timofeyeva/Shutterstock
United States Capitol, Washington DC, USA
Courtesy Maryland Historical Society/Library of Congress
The White House, Washington DC, USA
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The White House, Washington DC, USA
Courtesy Maryland Historical Society
Arlington Memorial Bridge, Washington DC, USA
Daisy Dee/Wikimedia Commons
Arlington Memorial Bridge, Washington DC, USA
Courtesy National Building Museum
Trafalgar Square, London, England
Anton Balazh/Shutterstock
Trafalgar Square, London, England
Courtesy The Royal Library
Nelson's Column, London, England
Tony Baggett/Shutterstock
Nelson's Column, London, England
Courtesy RIBA Collections
Grand Central Terminal, New York, USA
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Grand Central Terminal, New York, USA
PD-1923/McKim Mead & White
Tate Modern, London, England
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Tate Modern, London, England
Courtesy David Chipperfield Architects
Parliament House, Sydney, Australia
JBar/Wikimedia Commons
Parliament House, Sydney, Australia
Courtesy NSW Government
Library of Congress, Washington DC, USA
Brian Pirwin/Shutterstock
Library of Congress, Washington DC, USA
Courtesy Library of Congress
Chrysler Building, New York, USA
Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images
Chrysler Building, New York, USA
Courtesy William Van Alen/Chrysler Corporation
Sydney Opera House, Australia
Chris Howey/Shutterstock
Sydney Opera House, Australia
Courtesy National Archives of Australia
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