Modern Pyramids - Amazing Architecture of Modern World

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1. Louvre Pyramid - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louvre_Pyramid 2. Luxor Las Vegas - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxor_Hotel 3. Pyramid Arena - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyramid_Arena 4. Walter Pyramid - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Pyramid 5. Transamerica Pyramid - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transamerica_Pyramid 6. Ryugyong Hotel - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryugyong_Hotel 7. Slovak Radio Building - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slovak_Radio_Building 8. Summum Pyramid - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summum_Pyramid 9. Moody Gardens - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moody_Gardens 10. Ames Monument - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ames_Monument 11. Ballandean Pyramid - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballandean_Pyramid 12. Karlsruhe Pyramid - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karlsruhe_Pyramid 13. GoJa Music Hall in Prague 14. Muttart Conservatory - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muttart_Conservatory 15. Sunway Pyramid - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunway_Pyramid 16. Hanoi Museum - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanoi_Museum 17. Jean-Jules Soucy - http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Jules_Soucy 18. Pyramid (Kazan) - http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B0_(%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%8C) 19. Time pyramid - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_pyramid 20. Shimizu Mega-City Pyramid - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shimizu_Mega-City_Pyramid 21. Rufane Shaw Donkin - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rufane_Shaw_Donkin 1. The Louvre Pyramid in Paris, France, in the court of the Louvre Museum, is a 20.6 meter (about 70 foot) glass structure which acts as an entrance to the museum. It was designed by the American architect I. M. Pei and completed in 1989. 2. The Luxor Hotel in Las Vegas, United States, is a 30-story true pyramid with light beaming from the top. 3. The 32-story Pyramid Arena in Memphis, Tennessee (a city named after the ancient Egyptian capital whose name itself was derived from the name of one of its pyramids). Built in 1991, it was the home court for the University of Memphis men's basketball program, and the National Basketball Association's Memphis Grizzlies until 2004. 4. The Walter Pyramid, home of the basketball and volleyball teams of the California State University, Long Beach, campus in California, United States, is an 18-story-tall blue true pyramid. 5. The 48-story Transamerica Pyramid in San Francisco, California, designed by William Pereira, one of the city's symbols. 6. The 105-story Ryugyong Hotel in Pyongyang, Northern Korea. 7. The Slovak Radio Building in Bratislava, Slovakia. This building is shaped like an inverted pyramid. 8. The Summum Pyramid, a 3 story pyramid in Salt Lake City, Utah, used for instruction in the Summum philosophy and conducting rites associated with Modern Mummification. 9. The three pyramids of Moody Gardens in Galveston, Texas. 10. The Ames Monument in southeastern Wyoming honoring the brothers who financed the Union Pacific Railroad. 11. The Ballandean Pyramid, at Ballandean in rural Queensland is a 15 meter folly pyramid made from blocks of local granite. 12. The Karlsruhe Pyramid is a pyramid made of red sandstone, located in the centre of the market square of Karlsruhe, Germany. It was erected in the years 1823--1825 over the vault of the city's founder, Margrave Charles III William (1679--1738). 13. GoJa Music Hall in Prague. 14. The Muttart Conservatory greenhouses in Edmonton, Alberta. 15. Sunway Pyramid shopping mall in Selangor, Malaysia. 16. Hanoi Museum with an overall design of a reversed Pyramid. 18. The "Pyramid" culture-entertainment complex and Monument of Kazan siege (Church of Image of Edessa) in Kazan, Russia. 19. The Time pyramid in Wemding, Germany, a pyramid begun in 1993 and scheduled for completion in the year 3183. 20. The Shimizu Mega-City Pyramid, a proposed project for construction of a massive pyramid over Tokyo Bay in Japan. 21. The Donkin Memorial, erected on a Xhosa reserve in 1820 by Cape Governor Sir Rufane Donkin in memory of his late wife Elizabeth, in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. The pyramid is used in many different coats-of-arms associated with Port Elizabeth. Adjacent to the Pyramid is the lighthouse (1863) that houses the Nelson Mandela Bay Tourism office, as well as a 12x8m South African Flag flying from a 65m high flagpole. It also forms part of the Route 67 Public Art route. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyramid

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  1. Pyramids are power symbols, and they are all over the world, we also have them here in Denmark as well
  2. there is a huge pyramid in Almaty, capital of Kazakhstan.
  3. conspiracies anyone? 


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