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Re: Vancouver Public Library
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Sat, 10 Feb 2001 04:36:28 GMT
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Wow!
That is a really cool looking building. I haven't seen quite that sort of
curved wall construction before. I like the way (apparently) that you used
the 1x2 plates to create a solid curved band.
Great Job!
Brad
Dwayne Towell <dwayne@teleport.NO.SPAM.com> wrote in message
news:G8IpwC.4pC@lugnet.com...
> I finished the first phase of construction on a model of the
> Vancouver Public Library, a very interesting, architecturally
> speaking, building. (The second, surrounding, building which
> contains office and retail space will be coming soon.)
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> I am still working on the web page which will eventually
> contain side-by-side comparison pictures of the real building
> with the model. In the meantime, since I wanted to make the
> pictures available as soon as possible the web page is very
> simple. http://www.towells.net/library
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> The real thing's web page is • http://www.vpl.vancouver.bc.ca/branches/LibrarySquare/home.html
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> It will be displayed at GATS next weekend, if you are in the
> Portland, OR area you should stop by and see PNLTC's display.
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> Dwayne
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> PS: Comments will be welcomed.
>
>
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| Thanks for the compliment. I saw an apartment building Steven Barile built out of yellow (and black or red) that had all curved walls and was kinda triangular (I can't find a picture of it on line). When I saw a (tiny) picture of the library I knew (...) (26 years ago, 11-Feb-01, to lugnet.build.arch)
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| I finished the first phase of construction on a model of the Vancouver Public Library, a very interesting, architecturally speaking, building. (The second, surrounding, building which contains office and retail space will be coming soon.) I am still (...) (26 years ago, 10-Feb-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.general) !
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