NOTES: This complex comprised the trade centre with its office tower, the conference and exhibition centre, multi-storey apartments and the Dubai Hilton Hotel.
NOTES: The city of Brasilia was planned and developed in 1956 with Lucio Costa as chief urban planner and Oscar Niemeyer as principal architect. It formally became the capital of Brazil in 1960 and is the seat of all three branches of the Brazilian government. The Convention Centre was designed by Sergio Bernardes.
NOTES: Formerly the Kecskemet Synagogue, this building was constructed according to the plans of Janos Zitterbarth between 1864 and 1871 in Moorish-Romantic style. It was badly damaged during the great earthquake of 1911and its onion-shape central cupola was replaced with the present Persian-style dome. It was profaned during World War II and feel rapidly into disrepair. The building was eventually restored and turned into a conference centre, House of Science and Technology, in 1970.