waters
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my kids came home from school with a project.......they have to build a model of any famous building.......it has to be done by 15th of march.......with help from parents.......i'm an engineer by trade and love to show off to other parents/kids so what building should we make?
I was thinking of tower bridge in london but my wife says 'its a bridge, not a building'
any ideas?
just thought i'd better add, the kids are aged 6 and 8 so something fairly simple.
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MikeD
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twin towers
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waters
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good thinking...that would be good and quite easy
cheers
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John
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http://bahrainwtc.com/
That with working turbines would be much cooler than the twin towers.
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Dom
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what about canary wharf?
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dan_c4rsa
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the gherkin
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Theham85
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A few suggestions
1.Sydney opera house
2. Battersea power station
3. White house
4. Big Ben tower
5. Harrods
6. Empire states
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Cosmo
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Liver Building
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waters
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all good ideas but.......whats the gherkin?
cheers all.....when we've decided I'll let you know and when we've finished it (next week) I'll post pictures.
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Theham85
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Taj Mahal would be interesting, will be good to see the pics
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Tom
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Gherkin would be cool, google 'swiss re building london'
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Adam_B
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that mad hotel in dubai?
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Adam_B
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this one
http://www.marshu.com/images-website/collection-architecture/burj-al-arab-hotel-emirates/burj-al-arab-dubai-hotel-sail-arab-emirates-11.jpg
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jr
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battersea power station
[Edited on 04-03-2008 by jr]
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Colin
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Pyramids or the Sphynx
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jr
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wembley with a super complex 1/100th scale arch
excel centre (trick roof)
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waters
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quote: Originally posted by Adam_B
this one
http://www.marshu.com/images-website/collection-architecture/burj-al-arab-hotel-emirates/burj-al-arab-dubai-hotel-sail-arab-emirates-11.jpg
now that is cool
we're going to make decide tommorow so keep the ideas coming!
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andy1868
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Theham85
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The armadillo
Buckingham palace
Millenium dome
Tower of London
BBC television centre
Edinburgh castle
The pyramids
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d4za
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make a model of the bull ring in birmingham
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Jodi_the_g
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the modern buildings in Dubai although amazing are not iconic enough in my eyes
Need something like the tower of London, etc.
You want a building 'that changed the world'
The Hoover dam with real water.
Euston Station (engineering master piece)
Pretty much any Victorian British imperialism building
The Effie tower
Leaning tower of Pisa
A subsection if Venice with real cannels now that would be cool, say the bridge of sighs and the buildings next to it.
Clifton Suspension bridge
Empire state building.
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waters
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good point jodi......I don't want to take it into school and the teacher have to ask me 'which building is that then? mr waters' lol.
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andy1868
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the kremlin
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andy1868
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the houses of parliament would be pretty easy and they're right famous!
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Jodi_the_g
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quote: Originally posted by andy1868
the kremlin
Got to agree there pretty much any building near the red square would be ideal.
The Capital Building is better than the white house.
I have several 100 pictures if you need any lol.
Nelsons Column would be kind of cool, or times square with LED's wired up to a battery.
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