This concrete museum, nestled inside a mountain it appears to be falling off, has been shortlisted for a major international architecture award.
Sitting 2275 metres up in the Italian Dolomites Mountains, The Messner Mountain Museum is one of the last projects star architect Zaha Hadid completed before she died last year. 
But it's facing tough competition from the cavernous crushed brick and concrete CKK Jordanki concert hall in Poland. 
Architect Fernando Menis invented a new construction technique for the project, using millions of pieces of crushed red brick to give optimum acoustic results. 
The building has a grey geometric exterior and opens up to a vibrant red inside, an effect that Menis likens to eating zurek - a local soup dish served inside a bread roll. 
These are two of the 343 projects shortlisted for Building of the Year awards at the World Architecture Festival in Berlin in   November this year.
Of the 58 countries up for awards, Britain is the most heavily represented with 54 projects, followed by Turkey with 28 and Australia with 24. 
Australia has a significant showing in the Best New Houses category, with five homes shortlisted.
One project is more sculpture than house.

 Indigo Slam in Chippendale. Image: Smart Design Studio. 
Smart Design Studio's "Indigo Slam", which fronts Central Park in Chippendale, is a conceptual concrete take on the terrace houses that dominate the suburb. 
The house, which resembles both an artwork and a gallery thanks to its curved white interiors, was built to display Sydney art collector Judith Neilson's extensive array of artworks.
Just a few hundred metres away sits the Brewery Yard, a nominee for the festival's Old and New Category.
Tzanne Architects have mounted a metallic power plant on top of an old brewery, which will eventually power the student housing and shopping centre to be built below. 
Iredale Peterson Hook Architects have been shortlisted for luxury holiday homes in Perth and Nanny. 
Canberra's mixed use Nishi building was also given a nod and judges will no doubt be impressed by the 2000 wooden beams suspended in the building's lobby, as well as its green star energy rating. 
After the 30 category winners are announced at the festival in   November, they will need to re-present to the super-jury for the World Building of the Year title.
Last year's Building of the Year champion was Singapore's "Interlace" vertical village. 
The Australian houses nominated for Building of the Year are 
Indigo Slam, Sydney, by Smart Design Studio 
McLeod House, Sydney, by Ian Moore Architects 
Nannup Holiday House, Nanny, by Iredale Pedersen Hook Architects
CASA31_4 Room House, Perth, by Iredale Pedersen Hook Architects and Caroline Di Costa Architect 
Villa Marittima, St Andrews Beach, by Robin Williams Architect