Grand Hotel, Taiwan

An hotel in Taipei, Taiwan in August 2010. Impressive. It is the Grand Hotel (Chinese: 圓山大飯店; literally "Yuanshan Great Hotel"). The main building of the hotel is one of the world's tallest Chinese classical buildings.

Resting on a building site

Man surrounded by wood and cement sacks on a building site in Bogyoke Aung San Road in Yangon, Burma in August 2010

Chinese temple

A Chinese temple on Yotha Road in Khorat (Nakhon Ratchasima), Thailand in June 2011

Old Parliament House, Canberra

Old Parliament House in Canberra in August 2011; photo taken from the back of the building.

From small beginnings ...

A building site in Yangon, Burma in August 2011. A billboard extolling the features of the new luxury apartment complex.

Braidwood building

Building in the main street in Braidwood, NSW in April 2011

Braidwood Anglican Church

Anglican Church in Braidwood, NSW in April 2011

Church door

Old church door in Braidwood, NSW in April 2011. I am the door and an Om sign

Old shed

Shed in Braidwood, NSW in April 2011

Warden Head lighthouse

The lighthouse at Warden Head, Ulladulla, NSW in August 2011

Ubud house entrance

Entrance to a house on Jalan Suweat road in Ubud, Bali, Indonesia in June 2011

Shwedagon buildings

Buildings at the Shwedagon temple in Yangon, Burma in August 2010

Shwedagon walkway

A covered walkway at the Shwedagon temple in Yangon, Burma in August 2010