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    • simon le bonS Offline
      simon le bon
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      Amazing Staircases Photography (clic to link)
      and a wonderful site: MORFES

      http://morfis.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/wings-of-rise-by-sven-fennema.jpg?w=710

      http://morfis.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/lighthouse-blues-by-martin-c.jpg?w=710

      http://morfis.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/mca_s-goldfish-staircase-by-jrfphotography.png?w=710

      etc..

      +++ *s

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      • daleD Offline
        dale
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        I like using hand tools. (Paul Julius Martus)
        http://www.coroflot.com/designmartus
        Screen shot 2012-06-14 at 6.08.04 AM.png

        Just monkeying around....like Monsanto

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        • daleD Offline
          dale
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          http://bradfordwaughdesign.com
          Nulla BikeScreen shot 2012-06-14 at 6.15.59 AM.png

          Just monkeying around....like Monsanto

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          • daleD Offline
            dale
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            http://www.yankodesign.com
            Designer: Li Jianye

            How to make a memorable entrance. The piano doorbell.
            Screen shot 2012-06-14 at 6.24.00 AM.png

            Just monkeying around....like Monsanto

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            • daleD Offline
              dale
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              Tougher than leather by: Greece is for Lovers
              I wonder if this would help me stay on one of these....
              http://greeceisforlovers.comScreen shot 2012-06-14 at 6.37.32 AM.png
              Screen shot 2012-06-14 at 6.37.06 AM.png

              Just monkeying around....like Monsanto

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              • daleD Offline
                dale
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                Couldn't resist another Greece is for Lovers 😄
                ( P.S. Although this is a photo not a rendering, I love it for the subtle use of D.O.F which I think is highly overused in renderings lately IMHO)
                http://greeceisforlovers.com
                Martini glass with an accessorized Olive HookScreen shot 2012-06-14 at 6.42.04 AM.pngScreen shot 2012-06-14 at 6.42.20 AM.png

                Just monkeying around....like Monsanto

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                • daleD Offline
                  dale
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                  A brilliant idea, but I apologize for the link to one of the single worst websites I have ever witnessed. http://www.nieuweheren.comScreen shot 2012-06-14 at 7.06.10 AM.pngScreen shot 2012-06-14 at 7.07.22 AM.png

                  Just monkeying around....like Monsanto

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                  • daleD Offline
                    dale
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                    If you live in a mouse-less world, then you won't get this.
                    (Apparently Sarah Dery did this as a student work, and I couldn't find a link to a website on her.)Screen shot 2012-06-14 at 7.14.26 AM.png

                    Just monkeying around....like Monsanto

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                    • daleD Offline
                      dale
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                      VanDusen Botanical Gardens Visitor Centre by Perkins and Will http://www.perkinswill.com/
                      Screen shot 2012-06-21 at 6.03.25 AM.pngScreen shot 2012-06-21 at 6.02.45 AM.pngScreen shot 2012-06-21 at 6.03.00 AM.png

                      Just monkeying around....like Monsanto

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                      • daleD Offline
                        dale
                        last edited by

                        Another project by the company that did the pre-fab roof system for VanDusen
                        http://www.structurecraft.com/#
                        The Princeton BridgeScreen shot 2012-06-21 at 6.21.18 AM.pngScreen shot 2012-06-21 at 6.21.46 AM.pngScreen shot 2012-06-21 at 6.21.59 AM.pngScreen shot 2012-06-21 at 6.21.29 AM.png

                        Just monkeying around....like Monsanto

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                        • brookefoxB Offline
                          brookefox
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                          I don't know any of the particulars of this bridge in London, only that I like it. ('The Shard'- Renzo Piano in the background.)


                          bridge-the shard-1.JPG


                          bridge-the shard-2.JPG

                          ~ Brooke

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                          • W Offline
                            watkins
                            last edited by

                            It's called the Millenium Bridge, and they initially got the design wrong

                            They fixed the problem (see below), and now it's a London landmark.

                            For the mathematically inclined:

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                            The conclusion of the study:

                            "The introduction of damping by a combination of frame-mounted viscous dampers and tuned-mass vibration absorbers has cured the London Millennium Bridge’s famous wobble. It was caused by synchronous lateral excitation from pedestrians, a phenomenon that was not well-known at the time but for which there is now a good understanding and good data."

                            Regards,
                            Bob

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                            • brookefoxB Offline
                              brookefox
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                              Thanks for that. Wobble again.

                              Google image search is fruitful.

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                              @unknownuser said:

                              The bridge opened on 10 June 2000. For the opening ceremony, a crowd of over 1000 people had assembled on the south half of the bridge with a band in front. When they started to walk across with the band playing, there was immediately an unexpectedly pronounced lateral movement of the bridge deck. This movement became sufficiently large for people to stop walking to retain their balance and sometimes to hold onto the hand rails for support. Video pictures showed later that the south span had been moving through an amplitude of about 50 mm at 0.8 Hz and the centre span about 75 mm at 1 Hz approximately. Probably higher amplitudes occurred periodically and several modes were involved. It was decided immediately to limit the number of people on the bridge, but even so the deck movement was sufficient to be uncomfortable and to raise concern for public safety so that on 12 June the bridge was closed until the problem could be solved. It was not reopened to the public until 22 February 2002.

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                              Expedition Engineering (www.expedition.uk.com)

                              Chris Wise - Arup Director in charge of Millennium Bridge, from inception in August 1996 to end of detailed design, June 1999. (Article written in January 2000…….6 months before the wobble!!)

                              @unknownuser said:

                              The Millenium Bridge opened on 10 June 2000 as London's first new Thames crossing in more than 100 years. This modern 320m long structure was designed by the architect Sir Norman Foster with sculptor Sir Anthony Caro and engineers Arup. This whole project cost 18 million pounds for construction and 5 million pounds for various modifications. It was opened by The Queen.

                              bridge-the shard-3.jpg

                              ~ Brooke

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                              • daleD Offline
                                dale
                                last edited by

                                I believe there is a bridge in Russia over the Volga River that suffers from the same phenomena.
                                But I don't think it is as elegant as this structure.

                                Just monkeying around....like Monsanto

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                                • TIGT Offline
                                  TIG Moderator
                                  last edited by

                                  The Millennium Bridge in London cost many many millions and some more millions to fix it !
                                  Our Millennium Bridge over the Tyne, which is not far from where I live, cost just about as much as the repairs to London's ... and it is, I think better.
                                  It's hinged so that it can tilt up to let ships pass below it...
                                  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gateshead_Millennium_Bridge
                                  [xxl-img:2bphw9ng]http://dennisbarkercv.com/htconexphotography/files/2012/06/tumblr_m3xlw1mnVp1rw1leho1_r1_1280-1024x577.jpg[/xxl-img:2bphw9ng]
                                  [xxl-img:2bphw9ng]http://www.walktheworld.org.uk/assets/files/walktheworld/images/Newcastle/Gateshead_millennium_bridge_open.jpg[/xxl-img:2bphw9ng]

                                  TIG

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                                  • bmikeB Offline
                                    bmike
                                    last edited by

                                    @tig said:

                                    The Millennium Bridge in London cost many many millions and some more millions to fix it !
                                    Our Millennium Bridge over the Tyne, which is not far from where I live, cost just about as much as the repairs to London's ... and it is, I think better.
                                    It's hinged so that it can tilt up to let ships pass below it...
                                    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gateshead_Millennium_Bridge
                                    [xxl-img:27c8odm0]http://dennisbarkercv.com/htconexphotography/files/2012/06/tumblr_m3xlw1mnVp1rw1leho1_r1_1280-1024x577.jpg[/xxl-img:27c8odm0]
                                    [xxl-img:27c8odm0]http://www.walktheworld.org.uk/assets/files/walktheworld/images/Newcastle/Gateshead_millennium_bridge_open.jpg[/xxl-img:27c8odm0]

                                    wow that is cool TIG!

                                    mike beganyi design + consulting llc

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                                    • daleD Offline
                                      dale
                                      last edited by

                                      Bridges it is:
                                      http://temarinet.com/content/joerg-stamm-bamboo-architect-bali-sibang-bridge.html
                                      Jeorg Stamm SiBang Bridge Green School BaliScreen shot 2012-06-23 at 5.53.14 AM.pngScreen shot 2012-06-23 at 5.54.10 AM.pngScreen shot 2012-06-23 at 5.56.52 AM.pngScreen shot 2012-06-23 at 5.56.11 AM.png

                                      Just monkeying around....like Monsanto

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                                      • brookefoxB Offline
                                        brookefox
                                        last edited by

                                        yikes.... The low res video is very helpful in understanding this one. I wonder what the overall project was.

                                        ~ Brooke

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                                        • GaieusG Offline
                                          Gaieus
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                                          https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-e5t9vrfm-G8/T-jW94egzHI/AAAAAAAACMs/YyWqZxrRZDs/s912/537.JPG

                                          Gai...

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                                          • soloS Offline
                                            solo
                                            last edited by

                                            May not be fine design, but this is simple, cheap and clever.


                                            481935_490004857683647_1690616638_n.jpg

                                            http://www.solos-art.com

                                            If you see a toilet in your dreams do not use it.

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