When the Kogod Courtyard opened at the Reynolds Center last November, we knew the elegantly curved structure would become a favorite of our keen eyed photographers. Little did we know it would capture worldwide attention: the hoity toity magazine Condé Nast Traveler picked the Courtyard as one of the new Seven Architectural Wonders of the World in its April issue.

Kogod was named alongside such structures as the Red Ribbon in China’s Tanghe River Park (which received the 2007 Design Honor Award by the American Soceity of Landscape Architects), London’s Wembly Stadium, home of the 2012 Olympics, and the vertically unchallenged Burj Dubai, already the world’s tallest building — and it’s not even finished yet. The Reynolds Center rolling glass and steel canopy was designed by Norman Foster, with the rest of the courtyard boasting ficus and black olive trees, along with very shallow pools of water. Read our full description of the courtyard here, and enjoy a selection of some of the best photos of the Kogod Courtyard to be found in our DCist Flickr Pool below.