World Architecture Day Oct. 7, 2024

Build your excitement—it"s World Architecture Day. Initiated by the International Union of Architects in 1985, this day is celebrated on the first Monday of October. Today"s image features the Elbphilharmonie on the Grasbrook peninsula of the Elbe River in Hamburg, Germany. Designed by the Swiss architecture firm Herzog & de Meuron, this concert hall is a modern architectural marvel perched atop an old brick warehouse from 1963.

© Canetti/Shutterstock

palette

Today in History

An old bridge in a new light
Oct. 7, 2023Katmai National Park, Alaska, USA
Oct. 7, 2025Fall colours below Mount Sneffels near Ridgway, Colorado, United States

More Desktop Wallpapers:

May 14, 2024Carlsbad Caverns National Park, New Mexico, USA
Were halfway there
Oct. 23, 2023Corn maze in Saylorsburg, Pennsylvania
Nov. 10, 2025Badlands National Park, South Dakota, United States
Dec. 27, 2024Lake Bled, Slovenia
What are they celebrating?
Sep. 30, 2025Koala in the Great Otway National Park, Australia
The other continent down under
Dec. 18, 2023Capitol Reef National Park, Utah
Nov. 3, 2025World Jellyfish Day
A remote oasis in the Chihuahuan Desert
Sep. 22, 2025Autumn equinox
Jul. 12, 2024Mount Rainier National Park
Oct. 7, 2023Katmai National Park, Alaska, USA
Jun. 1, 2024Pride Month
Apr. 9, 2024World Ski and Snowboard Festival
A snapshot of Spring
Feb. 5, 2026Salt evaporation ponds on the island of Gozo, Malta
Aug. 31, 2024Rocks and sand in the Sahara, Algeria
Oct. 21, 2024Cypress trees in George L. Smith State Park, Georgia, United States
Butterfly, fly away
Sep. 18, 2025Dunquin Pier, County Kerry, Ireland
Jun. 17, 2025Maritime forest in Cumberland Island National Seashore, Georgia, United States
Nov. 18, 2024Porthcawl lighthouse, Wales, United Kingdom
Apr. 2, 2025Sandstone formations in the badlands near Caineville, Utah, United States
Hop into Lunar New Year
Jan. 16, 2024Lake Louise, Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada
Dec. 9, 2025National Llama Day
A smooth landing, feet first
Sep. 18, 2023Milky Way over Southwest Alentejo and Vicentine Coast Natural Park