Ilot Gruner, architect Manuelle Gautrand, Administration building, Saint-Etienne, Loire department, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes region, France, Europe

View of interior of Ostbanehallen at Christmas, Oslo, Norway, Scandinavia

Tsutenkaku tower in Shinsekai (Shin Sekai) (New World), Osaka, Honshu, Japan, Asia

View of Takueichi Pond in Shukkeien Garden, Kaminoboricho, Naka Ward, Hiroshima, Honshu, Japan

Old mudbrick village under reconstruction with new neighborhoods in the background, in the Old town of AlUla, Medina Province, Saudi Arabia

Telegraph pole being installed in the mountain village of Ping An, Longsheng, near Guilin, China

Photograph taken in the 1960s of a poster glorifying modernization until the year 2000, with western type face as idol, ball-bearing factory, Loyang, China, Asia

Telegraph pole with telephone and power lines installed in the mountain village of Ping An, Longsheng, near Guilin, China

ticket Maglev, ticket, Transrapid, magnetic levitation, Joint, Venture, Siemens, connects Pudong Airport with downtown Shanghai, joint venture, German consortium

Housing estate and business center, Gasometer with Schild annex, Vienna, Austria

RFID, Radio-frequency identification, clothing tags, Galeria Kaufhof department store, Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

RFID, Radio-frequency identification, clothing tags, Galeria Kaufhof department store, Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

RFID, Radio-frequency identification, clothing tags, Galeria Kaufhof department store, Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

RFID, Radio-frequency identification, clothing tags, Galeria Kaufhof department store, Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Torre del Agua or Water Tower, designed by architect Enrique de Teresa for Expo 2008 in Saragossa or Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain, Europe