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Terpyridine (tpy)-based three-dimensional (3D) discrete metallo-supramolecular architectures, which are often inspired by the biological structures found in nature, have drawn significant attention from the community of metallo-supramolecular chemistry. Because of the linear tpy-M(II)-tpy connectivity, however, the creation of sophisticated 3D metallo-supramolecules based on tpy remains a formidable synthetic challenge. Nevertheless, with recent advancement in ligand design and self-assembly, diverse 3D metallo-supramolecular polyhedrons, such as Platonic solids, Archimedean solids, prims as well as Johnson solids, have been constructed and their potential applications have been explored. This review summarizes the progress on tpy-based discrete 3D metallo-supramolecules, aiming to shed more light on the design and construction of novel discrete architectures with molecular level precision through coordination-driven self-assembly. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.