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Machu Picchu
The setting is not a backdrop. The relationship between built space and mountain terrain is the subject.
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Petra
Look beyond a single façade to the engineering and connections that sustained a city.
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Angkor Wat
A temple belongs to a much larger inhabited and engineered landscape.
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Rome & Vatican City
Buildings direct attention. Their practical workings are part of their power.
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Great Barrier Reef
A reef is a living relationship, not simply a colourful surface.
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Grand Canyon
Ancient rock and a younger landscape belong to different geological stories.
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Yellowstone National Park
Similar ingredients can produce strikingly different hydrothermal features.
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Pompeii, Herculaneum and Oplontis
Ordinary spaces can make an archaeological city more comprehensible than a list of famous buildings.
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Uluru
Landscape, knowledge and responsibilities belong together.
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Namib Desert & Sossusvlei
The boundary between desert and sea is a connection, not a contradiction.
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Venice
The city and its lagoon are inseparable; everyday life deserves a place in the picture.
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Florence
A recognisable silhouette becomes more interesting when you ask how it was made.
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