If you were a Greek tourist in the 1st century BCE, you would probably have something in your hand that would be quite familiar here in the 21st century. Instruction manual. The most popular guide of the Hellenic world listed seven wonders of the world that should be visited by a Greek traveler.
Among the seven wonders, six longer exist. The Colossus of Rhodes, the Lighthouse of Alexandria and the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus were lost to natural causes, the Temple of Artemis and Statue of Zues destroyed by human hands, and nobody knows what happened to the gardens suspended. The remaining wonder is the Great Pyramid of Giza. This colossal Egyptian structure is a great work that, even today, 4500 years after its construction, it is still considered by some as the most impressive project of civil history, beating feats like the Panama Canal the Hoover and the golden Gate Bridge dam.
The pyramid is not only an ancient wonder. Like the Great Pyramid has survived into modern times, so has our love affair with the bent shape simple but powerful. architects and modern engineers continue to build pyramids. These modern pyramids may not be stone tombs ancient pharaohs, but no less amazing for all this. Read on after the break for six examples.
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The Pyramid House
Mexican architect Juan Carlos Ramos has not yet built his latest project, but it turned heads of anyway, and earns its place on this list. Ramos Pyramid House is a cozy three-story house that integrates pristine white surfaces with clean geometry. Glass windows interrupt the smooth surfaces of the pyramid sides, elevating this simple form to become a live-in sculpture.
This structure, if built, will have two bedrooms, a library, studio, bathroom with swimming pool and a garage for one car. A slope of the pyramid is completely enclosed in glass, allowing stunning views for every person in the room kitchen, living and dining room, second floor balcony, and the third story library. This home is spacious, well lit, and fortunately be a small family of 3-4 people.
Ramos designed the house for a competition that has been focused on simple geometry. Inspired by the landscape of his native state of Michoacán, Mexico, he rejected the functionalist emphasis on vertical walls for the most spiritual form of mountains and ancient temples of the Maya. "The house of the pyramid was created with the intention of improving the experience of living in a house as a reflection of the human being through the architectural beauty," he said.
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The sand Nima Museum
the Nima sand Museum Japan is not a pyramid, it's six. the highest was designed as a home for a particularly unusual tourist attraction, more largest hourglass in the world. This fully functional sand timer is not three minutes timer, but measures the length of a full year, have to be returned at midnight, 31 December / 1st January each year. The pyramid above is 69 feet (21 meters) high with a base 56 feet (17 meters).
architect Shin Takamatsu is rumored to have designed the free standing glass structure to be visible from the grave site his mother. What is not a rumor is that the Egyptian pyramids were a direct inspiration for the design :. "I was planning architecture symbolizing the overwhelming presence of this harmonious scene of the largest pyramids and smaller," says
The remaining five glass pyramids have been designed for a purpose all also unusual. Nima is a seaside resort town with "singing sand". When walking over dunes in particular cause sand squeaks and like musical tones. the pyramids contain art exhibitions held in using sand dunes Nima. It is a museum for sand would be designed with glass, originally a product based on silica sand.
Bolz Conservatory Olbrich
The Bolz Conservatory is one of the jewels of Olbrich Botanical Gardens Wisconsin. Designed by Stuart Gallaher, this pyramid is made of glass panels and rises to 50 feet (15 meters) high peak. It cost $ 4.6 million to build and opened in November 1991. Within this gem of a greenhouse, a lively stream down to 20 feet (6 meters) high waterfall before flowing among the nearly 500 different species of plants exposed. The glass panels and computer control allows the interior to remain between 65 and 0 degrees F even during cold winters Madison. integrated spray nozzles in the structure to maintain the humidity at a minimum of 60%. Among the flashy colors and visitors tropical flowers odors can see free flying canaries, doves and quail used as a natural insecticide, while the flow welcomes goldfish and Japanese koi carp that can reach three feet long.
All this means that the Bolz Conservatory is more than just a pyramid structure; it is a crystal temple built to enshrine the nature in all its beauty and grace.
The Louvre Pyramid
The Louvre is famous for its world-class collection of works of art in history. An international tourist attraction which attracts nearly 10 million visitors per year, it also hosts three glass pyramids in the courtyard.
Ordered by President François Mitterrand, it was designed by renowned architect IM Pei. The largest of the three pyramids stands 71 feet (21.6 meters) tall and has a base width of 115 feet (35 meters). 673 glass panels surround the structure, held together by a steel structure, similar to the designs in Nima and Olbrich. The structure cost 75 million francs and opened in 1989.
At the time of the pyramid was a controversial work. Its highly modern design contrasts with the traditional look of the Louvre itself, leading some to air accusations of blatant inadequacy of styles. The design has won many fans, however, citing as a perfect encapsulation of the Louvre itself, creating a blend of old and new, as are the works of art inside mix the art of all human history.
The Walter Pyramid
Another American Pyramid Walter Pyramid is the monument of University of Long Beach for athletics. At 18 stories high that dominates the skyline blue goliath campus. Designed by architect Don Gibbs with seating for 4,500 people, the structure of $ 22 million held nearly 7,000 people during the 16th November 2012 game against North Carolina.
Gibbs built outside corrugated aluminum and hung on a free standing frame made of 18,000 steel tubes. 0,000 bolts hold together, allowing an open interior that covers nearly three acres. This open space can contain three basketball courts and four half-courses or new courses of volleyball at some point, as well as hosting a fitness center and classrooms. For great games, Gibbs included a cantilever system that lowers the seat into place using hydraulic able to move eighty-one tons.
The ancient Greeks were great lovers of athletics, and so these founders of the Olympic Games would probably include Walter Pyramid in any modern tourist guide just next to the original, and much less spacious, Giza pyramid.
Kremlin historical and architectural Kazan
slightly larger than the Walter Pyramid Culture and Entertainment Complex and Monument located in the Kazan Kremlin, in the heart of Russia, tops out at just over 100 feet (30 meters) high. Architects Gulsine and Victor Tokarev designed with a glass façade, allowing visitors to enjoy the view of Kazan Kremlin 500 years of the World Heritage site, and the beautiful Qolsarif mosque.
Inside, visitors can enjoy two restaurants, six bars, a bowling alley, gym, nightclub, café, or take a cultural activity in the room Scene 1100 places the top of the pyramid. The opening of the $ 44 million structure in 02 was significant that then President Boris Yeltsin showed. The design of the pyramid for this building got the Tokarevs several awards, including the Russian Academy of Fine Arts silver medal and the honorary title of "Architect of the Russian Federation."
the Palace of peace and reconciliation
the Palace of Peace and Reconciliation in Astana, Kazakhstan is the largest pyramid on the list, worthy of a pharaoh. 203 feet (62 meters) tall and contains 250,000 square feet (23,000 square meters) of space. it was designed by Foster + Partners, based in London as a site to host the leaders of Congress world and traditional religions. Construction took two years and cost $ 85 million.
Foster + Partners have chosen their design specifically to reflect the character of Kazakhstan itself. The peak is shrouded glass windows built beginning in a deep blue tone and rise up to a golden yellow crescendo, reflecting the colors of the flag of Kazakhstan. Under the glass enclosure sit representatives of eighteen world religions, an appropriate reflection of his own religiously diverse population of Kazakhstan.
Under this brilliant monument, concrete and steel encase a number of cultural treasures. These include the National History Museum, the research center of world religions, and the Library of Spiritual Religious Literature. Additional space is provided for conferences and exhibitions, and centers around an opera house 1300 seats.
The pyramid has been with us as one of our oldest structural forms. Long regarded as an emblem of ancient Egypt, and travel through time as the strongest (and only surviving) engineering wonder of the ancient world, this structure has surged in time and space to take its place as a modern structure found in many countries and continents. If these six architectural works are anything to go by, the pyramid is here to stay.
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