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Posted by Kris Krieger on January 29, 2008, 2:14 pm
586361fb7c85@e25g2000prg.googlegroups.com:
> 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 :)
>>
>> Monika, Poland
>
> 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.
>
> R
You certainly do know some relatively obscure but interesting stuff ;)
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