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Once again, nice work Brad. Thanks for sharing!
This is a nice looking model, although I would hesitate mentioning Bauhaus.
Walter Gropius had a vision, and I am not sure that what you have built
captures his intentions.
This is a Great LEGO model, wind shear calculations aside ;)
Build On!
John Matthews
Brad Hamilton <bhamilto1@home.com> wrote in message
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> This is a 27 story glass skyscraper I built from massive numbers of
> (virtual) curved Paradisa windows, white arches, and 4x4 1/4 circles.
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> Here is an overall shot:
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=21253
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> Here is shot looking up from the entrance
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=21254
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> The white matrix of beams protruding from the 4 axes of the building is
> intended to strengthen the rigidity of the structure against the wind.
>
> The glass shell around the building is primarily made from both large and
> small curved Paradisa windows mounted vertically (thanks to my beloved
> Aquazone columns with studs on the side). Also, some 4x4 1/4 circle • pieces
> are used to smooth out some corners.
>
> The architecture was inspired by Bauhaus designs from the 30's.
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> The exoskelleton is taken from some more modern buildings. The wind • becomes
> just as critical of an issue as keeping the building from collapsing when
> you get a really tall building (this cuts in a lot higher than 27 stories • in
> the real world). In a big building, the top can sway several feet, making
> people sea-sick. This is fixed by making the building stiffer with a more
> substantial wrapping (as I have used), or by using massive counterweights • in
> the top of the building that offset the force of the wind.
>
> This is my largest CAD model yet. In fact, it is so large, you can hardly
> tell it is made out of LEGO. The studs hardly show up! Each picture took
> about an hour and a half to generate using POV-RAY on my P2-450. The disk
> was swapping like crazy the whole time, even though I have 128MB of RAM.
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> I didn't post the .dat file because there are at least 5-6 sub-models (in
> different files). If you are interested, I'll email the set to you.
>
> LMKWYT
>
> Brad
> http://members.home.net/hmltn1/lego.htm
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