Dating back to around 3600 BCE, the Knap of Howar is the oldest building in the world and is most likely the oldest house still standing. The Knap of Howar consists of two stone-built houses that were discovered in the 1930s when erosion revealed parts of the stone walls.
Built in 1788, First Government House was the first major building to be constructed on the Australian mainland. The remains of the building's original foundations in Sydney CBD, provide rare evidence of the earliest years of British settlement in Australia andcontain the only tangible relics of 1788 still in place.
A coastal town located on the east bank of the mouth of the Tamar River, George Town is Australia's third oldest European settlement and Australia's oldest town.
'Bre', as the locals call it, has a population of around 1,000. It also happens to be home to the Brewarrina Fish Traps – known as Baiame's Ngunnhu [pronounced By-ah-mee's noon-oo]by the Ngemba people – which is possibly the oldest known human-made structure on earth.
Dating back to 3600 BC and 700 BC, the Megalithic Temples of Malta are considered to be the oldest free-standing structures on earth. The temples were built during three phases of cultural revolution – Ġgantija (3600-3200BC), Saflieni (3300-3000BC) and Tarxien (3150BC-2500BC).
Who is the owner of the biggest house in the world ? Istana Nurul Iman Palace, the official residence of the Sultan of Brunei, Hassanal Bolkiah, is the largest house in the world, spread over 2.15 million square feet.
Located in Scotland, the Knap of Howar is thought to have been built in 3500 BC. Considered to be one of the oldest houses in the world, Knap of Howar is a stone house located on the remote island of Papa Westray.
Thatch is one of the oldest of building materials known. "Thatch" is another word for "grass"; grass is a good insulator and easily harvested.
Suzhou, China (inhabited since 514 BC)
Jericho, Palestine
A small city with a population of 20,000 people, Jericho, which is located in Palestine, is believed to be the oldest city in the world. Indeed, some of the earliest archeological evidence from the area dates back 11,000 years.
The oldest wooden structures in the world are in the Horyuji Temple complex near Nara in Japan. The temple's five-storey pagoda is officially the oldest of them all.
The largest home in Australia is the stunning Fairwater, a 1.12ha estate situated in the highly sought-after suburb of Point Piper in Sydney. Built in 1882, this heritage-listed property is nothing short of grandeur, with its period finishes, stained glass windows, and beautifully painted ceilings.
The richest man in the world, Bill gates owns this simple-looking, but extravagantly architected mansion, on the edge of Lake Washington. Named Xanadu 2.0, this 66,000 sq. foot residence was designed by Bohlin Cywinski Jackson and Cutler Anderson Architects, built over a span of 7 years.
The world's most expensive private residence in the world, Antilia is owned by Mukesh Ambani, the richest person in India, and is named after a mythical island in the Atlantic.
The current world's tallest building, Burj Khalifa, is officially 828 meters tall, but its highest usable floor is 585m above ground. Therefore, its vanity height is defined as 244 meters, or 29% of the building's total height.
At over 828 metres (2,716.5 feet) and more than 160 stories, Burj Khalifa holds the following records: Tallest building in the world. Tallest free-standing structure in the world. Highest number of stories in the world.
The oldest archaeological evidence of house construction comes from the famous Oldupai Gorge (also called Olduvai Gorge) site in Tanzania, and the structure is around 1.8 million years old. Nobody knows exactly which proto-human species is responsible for the tools (and houses) found at Oldupai.
The country's oldest known bone artifact, found at Carpenter's Gap in Western Australia, dates to 46,000 years ago. Yet, because of their fragility, these objects are discovered much less often than stone and shell artifacts.
Archaeologists have found a piece of a stone axe dated as 35,500 years old on sacred Aboriginal land in Australia, the oldest object of its type ever found.
Australia's oldest continuous family business is Summerville farm in Tasmania, 26km north of Hobart on the Jordan River.
It's Jericho, and it's the oldest continuously inhabited city in the world.