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It would have set back weather forecasting by a century.


Mother worked that 1933 World's Fair. She would have loved this.


Why stop with a Doric column? Why not Corinthian?

1 posted on 12/28/2017 10:59:21 AM PST by mairdie
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Whose turn to get a fresh bucket of water? Cleaners tackle the world's tallest skyscraper, which stands 206 storeys high and has 24,438 windows (that's 120,000 square metres of glass)




2 posted on 12/28/2017 11:02:27 AM PST by mairdie
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Is Gaudi’s New York hotel among them?


3 posted on 12/28/2017 11:03:14 AM PST by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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Giant man-made 'Supertrees' illuminate city as part of huge £350million gardens project to make Singapore 'botanical capital of the world'




4 posted on 12/28/2017 11:04:28 AM PST by mairdie
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The floating Ark hotel that will protect you against a Noah-style flood




5 posted on 12/28/2017 11:06:17 AM PST by mairdie
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Could the house of the future look like a spider's web? Out-there architects issue plan for 3D-printed home


Obviously, some architectural firms have too much free time on their hands.


6 posted on 12/28/2017 11:09:14 AM PST by mairdie
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Is the 'hairy skyscraper' the future of cities? Radical eco-design covered in energy generating fibres




LED Light Show Potential - I'll vote for this one.
7 posted on 12/28/2017 11:11:45 AM PST by mairdie
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I think you can still see the top photo in Longport, NJ. Her name is Lucy.


8 posted on 12/28/2017 11:13:43 AM PST by 11Bush
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The weird and wonderful architectural designs for some very unusual buildings






9 posted on 12/28/2017 11:15:04 AM PST by mairdie
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Daring architecture or giant monstrosities? Ridiculous buildings that are popping up all over China




10 posted on 12/28/2017 11:17:56 AM PST by mairdie
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You should check out what Dubai has slated for the next few years.


11 posted on 12/28/2017 11:26:50 AM PST by mountn man (The Pleasure You Get From Life, Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It)
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Perfect for a size-zero model: World's skinniest house is just five feet across... and barely has enough room for a kitchen


Location. Location. Location.


12 posted on 12/28/2017 11:26:57 AM PST by mairdie
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PING

For architectural drawings and photographs


17 posted on 12/28/2017 11:32:21 AM PST by mairdie
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Frank Loyd Wright's mile high "Illinois:"


20 posted on 12/28/2017 11:43:35 AM PST by IndispensableDestiny
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I miss the past future.

This one looks like Jacksonville (from "Ash VS the Evil Dead fame)

60's future is best. Where are our cool cars powered by radioactive highways?


26 posted on 12/28/2017 12:00:29 PM PST by Sirius Lee (In God We Trust, In Trump We MAGA)
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When I took architectural drafting in high school in 1970 my textbook had the drawing of Wright’s mile high skyscraper.

What a lot of people don’t know is that it required a 1/4 mile deep foundation.


28 posted on 12/28/2017 12:21:14 PM PST by robroys woman (So you're not confused, I'm male.)
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