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All Blog Posts Tagged 'Arch' (2)

Creative Illusions: Arch Enemies (2 total)

While reading comics on his iPad, Simon Page was inspired to create a very clever set of illustrations. As he looked at the Spiderman comic from 1999, he started thinking about how there's always two sides to ever story - that of good and evil, of hero and villain.



A fan of minimalism, Page keeps his designs simple and fresh. Like the modern-day version of the… Continue

Added by alice on September 7, 2010 at 10:30am — 2 Comments

Modern Architecture - The Longest Arch Bridge in the World



Already home to the world’s tallest building, Dubai is preparing for a record-breaking arch bridge. Inspired by desert dunes, the Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Crossing will stretch one mile long (667 m), with an arch 672 feet (205 meters) high and 2200 feet (667 m) long. It outreaches China’s current record holder, the Chaotianmen Yangtze River Crossing, by 410 feet (125…

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Added by Eugene on January 6, 2010 at 10:30am — No Comments

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