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Buildings and structures completed in 1955

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Sleeping Beauty Castle

castle at Disneyland

Stalin Monument

sculpture in Prague, Czech Republic

National Museum of Sudan

Museum for the history of Sudan

Museum of Modern Art, Rio de Janeiro

prison site, Ukraine

Jens Olsen's World Clock

advanced astronomical clock

Housing designed by Le Corbusier, Rezé, France

Official Association of building engineers of Pontevedra Building

building in Pontevedra, Spain

Danish House in Paris

cultural center in Paris

Ringturm (Ring Tower) is a prominent skyscraper in Vienna, Austria, and is the headquarters of the Vienna Insurance Group. It was built from 1953 to 1955 after a design by Erich Boltenstern at the Schottenring. The tower is tall, with of office space, and is the second highest building within the Vienna Ringstraße, after the Stephansdom. It is a venue for architecture exhibitions, and is known for being turned into a piece of art annually, wrapped in cloth designed by notable artists including Robert Hammerstiel, Xenia Hausner, Arnulf Rainer and Mihael Milunović.

Glinka Opera and Ballet Theatre

opera house in Chelyabinsk, Russia