sorry to piss on your parade, but:
$40,000
There are some, apparently, more expensive than this on there. - crumbs chief!
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The Great Architect is still waiting for his account to be deleted on, Wed 29 Oct 2008, 11:22,
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For that price I'd expect it to include a bevvy of buxom wenches
to read it out loud to me whenever I desired.
However it looks a fairly boring book:( Though I'd put up with this for the wenches.
I thought I'd splashed out earlier this year for a whole load of books at £50 each or so, on architecture, 3d modelling and maths. It seems not.
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LemonEntryMyDearWatson This time, Moriarty, the hand is on the other foot, Wed 29 Oct 2008, 11:30,
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anything exciting architecture - wise?
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The Great Architect is still waiting for his account to be deleted on, Wed 29 Oct 2008, 11:32,
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Mainly historys of skyscrapers (which I have an unhealthy fascination with for some reason)
Going back from theorising about the tower of babel, through to Taipei 101, Flat Iron building etc. Some interesting ones about the non-building side of architecture (which I'd not thought about) covering the idea of skyscrapers as self contained entities so talking about distribution of leisure, commercial, living areas, covering light\vegetation, the importance of open, communal space etc. Probably the best book I bought was:
www.bookdepository.co.uk/WEBSITE/WWW/WEBPAGES/showbook.php?id=0470843551
Most of the other books are either half schematic type books, or wildy theoristic (future cities) ideas for architecture.
I just enjoy reading about them more than anything (and trying model cityscapes, which is my current hobby) :)
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LemonEntryMyDearWatson This time, Moriarty, the hand is on the other foot, Wed 29 Oct 2008, 11:39,
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sounds genuinely fascinating :)
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The Great Architect is still waiting for his account to be deleted on, Wed 29 Oct 2008, 11:43,
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Yeah, it is :)
Hopefully will get to go on a trip to Hong Kong, or somewhere similar, to actually see some of these awesome tall buildings in the flesh sometime.
Incidentally, one of the reasons I got fascinated with tall buildings was a short story by Stephen Gould called, 'Peaches for Mad Molly' - worth reading if you stumble across.
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LemonEntryMyDearWatson This time, Moriarty, the hand is on the other foot, Wed 29 Oct 2008, 12:19,
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ta for the tip - will search out and have a read :)
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The Great Architect is still waiting for his account to be deleted on, Wed 29 Oct 2008, 12:24,
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Haha good god
One reviewer states: "I bought two or three for the house, they are perfect for use as an inconspicuous book safe when hollowed out with a Dremel. I keep the most prized portions of my Beanie Baby collection within. "
I need some fresh air, the world is quite mad
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Jahled Three shades of black, Wed 29 Oct 2008, 11:40,
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