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After a huge fire in 1834, the House of Parliament in Londonburned to the ground. What followed was a long, expensiveand difficult restoration. The Government held a competitionin which architects submitted designs. I was announced thatCharles Barry and Augustus Pugin won, and their designs wereaccepted. Thebuilding process was fraught with difficulties

though and neither designer lived to see their designcompleted. The Palace stands on the banks of the riverThames and is a landmark in London.

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One of the most ambitiousprojects ever undertaken; theGreat Wall of China has had 3majorrenovations and severalextensions over the past 2,000years. At its longest, the wall

stretched for more than 6,500kilometres. Although the wallwas originally built to protectthe Chinese from invading hordes,today it stands as a populartourist attraction and a

reminder of the power of themighty empire that once ruledthe lands.

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The home of William Shakespeare, theGlobe theatre held a historic place inhistory before it burned to the groundin 1613. Forgotten about till lastcentury, American actor SamWanamaker helped organise the

reconstruction. Although it wasdifficult to pinpoint the exact locationof the original Globe, the team ofreconstructions came very close,building the new theatre a short walkfrom where the original stood. The

project was costly as the governmentdid not step in to help finance it.Instead the Globe was rebuilt entirelyon private donations. It opened in 1997.

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Taking over 150 years to build, the holy site was built

on the burial site of Saint Peter the Apostle. Itbecame the most expensive and elaborate buildingproject of its time. Made of marble and stone, artistssuch as Raphael, Bramante and Michelangelo allworked on the masterpiece. The basilica was finallyopened in 1667 and stands today as one of the mostbeautiful and decorativebuildings in the world.

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Created by ThomasJefferson, the Capitolbuilding in Washington D.C.is a beautiful sandstoneand marble building.However before it waseven finished, the buildingwas set alight by the

British in the war of 1812and nearly burned to theground. Despite the fireand war, the CapitolBuilding was restored andcompleted in 1830. To

house all the importantgovernment officials thebuilding underwentanother major operationbetween 1851 and 1863.

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