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  Re: Geometric shapes that could be turned into buildings  
From: SharkD
Date: 19 Oct 2009 04:52:08
Message: <4adc28b8$1@news.povray.org>
On 10/19/2009 4:29 AM, Invisible wrote:
> SharkD wrote:
>> I was wondering, what kind of interesting geometric shapes (solids,
>> surfaces, etc.) have been or could be converted into buildings?
>
> There's a building somewhere in Europe in the shape of a hypercube.
> (Google repeatedly insists that no such object exists, but I damned well
> know it does.) I have a vague feeling it's in France - but only becuase
> I know French people are extremely weird...

I remember seeing something like this, but it wasn't a hypercube, rather 
a model of an atom. And it was built for one of the World Fairs in the 
50's-60's or somewhere around then.

It wasn't entirely functional either. More of an exhibit or art 
installation.

Mike


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