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Posted by Michael Bulatovich on January 12, 2008, 11:50 am
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>>> On Jan 12, 6:32 am, inkl...@gmail.com wrote:
>>>> Hi. I'm a student of architecture. Long time ago, I've heard about
>>>> this building, I think it's in Boston, but I'm not sure if it's even
>>>> in the USA. One of it's parts has a round shape, the walls (or maybe
>>>> it could be a dome) are painted (maybe it was stained glass) in this
>>>> way that there is created a political map of world from the 30' of XX
>>>> century (exatly year 1935 but I'm not sure). This map is viewed from
>>>> the inside. The effect is like you're looking on a big model of
>>>> earth's globe, but from the inside of it. Thanks for help :)
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>>>> Monika, Poland
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>>> Hello, Monika from Poland. The globe you are referring to is at the
>>> Christian Science Center in Boston and is called the Mapparium. It is
>>> an amazingly cool structure. The acoustics are unbelievable. When
>>> you Google for info, make sure you check out the acoustics workup of
>>> the Mapparium.
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>> What fun. The inside-out thing is a bit of a mind-bender though, except
>> for someone used to the point of view of being the center of the world I
>> guess. A bit of the Cenotaph for Newton about it, don't you think?
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> It has been recently upgraded. I have not seen it since, but assume that
> it is basically the same.
You mean the maps, or something else?
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