Hyperboloid Structures  (English, Paperback, Source Wikipedia)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 31. Chapters: Sagrada Familia, Cooling tower, Vladimir Shukhov, Canton Tower, Hyperboloid structure, Sydney Tower, List of hyperboloid structures, Ochsenkopf Transmitter, Shukhov Tower, Saint Louis Science Center, Polibino, Lipetsk Oblast, Adziogol Lighthouse, Shukhov tower on the Oka River, Aspire Tower, Gettysburg National Tower, Cathedral of Brasilia, wi ty Krzy TV Tower, Kobe Port Tower, Stanislav Range Front Light, Je t d Tower, Vortex Tower. Excerpt: The (Catalan pronunciation: English: , Spanish: ), commonly known as the Sagrada Familia, is a large Roman Catholic church in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, designed by Catalan architect Antoni Gaudi (1852-1926). Although incomplete, the church is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and in November 2010 was consecrated and proclaimed a minor basilica by Pope Benedict XVI. Though construction of Sagrada Familia had commenced in 1882, when Gaudi took over the project in 1883 he transformed it with his architectural and engineering style-combining Gothic and curvilinear, Modernisme forms with ambitious structural columns and arches, and including a rich variety of Christian symbols in the design. Gaudi devoted his last years to the project and at the time of his death in 1926, less than a quarter of the project was complete. Sagrada Familia's construction progressed slowly as it relied on private donations and was interrupted by the Spanish Civil War-only to resume intermittent progress in the 1950s. Construction passed the mid-point in 2010 with some of the project's greatest challenges remaining and an anticipated completion date of 2026-the centennial of Gaudi's death. The basilica has a long history of dividing the citizens of Barcelona-over the initial possibility it might compete with Barcelona's cathedral, over Gaudi's design itself, over the possibility that work after Gaudi's...