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Burj Al Arab, Dubai, UAE
Architect: Tom Wrong
Construction started: 1994
Located: Jumeirah St - Dubai - United Arab Emirates
The Burj Al Arab is a hotel so you can visit it.
It cast US $2 billion to billed
 I can't find information on the history
I liked this building because I thank it looks really cool and it would be cool to someday stay here, I bet the views are amazing to look at through the windows high up because not only do you get the water on one side you get the city on the other size. it would be fun to stay with my family there.

Habitat 67, Canada

Architect: Moshe Safdie 
Construction started: (Opened in) 1967
Located: 2600 Av Pierre-Dupuy, Montréal, QC H3C 3R6, Canada
 You can visit Habitat 67
 C$22,120,000 
"It was originally conceived as his master's thesis in architecture at McGill University and then built as a pavilion for Expo 67, the World's Fair held from April to October 1967"
I chose this building because it looks really cool, this also looks like something you would see in a cartoon of what the buildings look like stacking blocks like in the grench. I think it would be scary to live there though because of safety issues.

Hundertwasserhaus (Forest Spiral, The Hundertwasser Building), Germany

Architect: Friedensreich Hundertwasser 
Construction started: In the 1990s
Located: Darmstadt, Germany
You are able to visit the Hudertwasserhaus.
I can't find any information on how much it cast to billed
I can't find information on the history       
I like this building because it looked interesting and because it almost looks unreal, when I first saw it it reminded me of the stripes on a zebra, I think it draws your eye because its colorful but also its a new strange idea and its cool.

Eden Project, United Kingdom 

Architect: Nicholas Grimshaw
Construction started: 1998 
Located: Bodelva, Par PL24 2SG, United Kingdom
The building can be visited
Pricy to build is $182,295,706.40
"A description is given of the Eden Project in Cornwall, UK. The Project's purpose is to demonstrate the importance of plants to people and to promote sustainable use of plant resources." 
I like this building because I'm from a place in the UK. also because it looks like those human bubble sized balls that you go inside and run around in it.

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