Though quite altered from its original state in the mid 19th century George's Block remains one of the more eye catching structures in the Historic District.
Equally important, 100 Old Slip is a free-standing, eye-catching structure -- the words "Police Station" carved into the facade -- on the beaten tourist path between the South Street Seaport and Battery Park.
When the museum hired them, Sejima and Nishizawa had just one American commission, the Glass Pavilion, at the Toledo Museum of Art, an eye-catching structure of curving glass walls, which opened last year.
Sure, you still see beaches as a theatrical backdrop, but you're just as likely to see the Walt Disney Concert Hall or the 6th Street Viaduct (for at least a few more months until it is demolished for what looks to be an even more eye-catching structure) over the Los Angeles River.
Mr Tincknell said Gehry Partners, which has designed some of the world's most eye-catching structures such as the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, had been given completely free rein "and we are thrilled with the response".
Among Moscow's most eye-catching structures are those commissioned by Stalin himself.
Here are eight of the most eye-catching structures from the 21st Century.
In a city full of eye-catching structures, our first thought was that it shouldn't just be something to look at.
"If you put the effort into catching them and you have a structure that does things properly, you're going to catch a cheat.
Why not replace the shacks that blight the lives of so many poor people, thrown together out of cardboard and mud, and prone to collapsing or catching fire, with more durable structures?
The chance of catching the neck of these structures is just too low.
