{"id":775,"date":"2007-12-03T10:22:44","date_gmt":"2007-12-03T18:22:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/montaraventures.com\/blog\/2007\/12\/03\/quest-for-height\/"},"modified":"2007-12-03T13:50:23","modified_gmt":"2007-12-03T21:50:23","slug":"quest-for-height","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/montaraventures.com\/blog\/2007\/12\/03\/quest-for-height\/","title":{"rendered":"Quest for Height"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nSomeone sent me a link to this picture, presumably scanned from a book (sorry, I don’t have the source reference, if you know it, please post a comment referencing it so proper attribution may be assigned.) It’s a small version, to see it in its glorious detail, click the image and a new window will open with the large detailed image.
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\nI love images like this that convey interesting information in multiple dimensions concurrently – ultimately, like the works of architecture depicted, they are art. One of the fascinating things to note is that the Great Pyramid (460 f\/140 m) was completed in approximately 2650 BCE and held the record as the world’s tallest structure for nearly 3,800 years until eclipsed by a series of cathedrals in Europe starting in 1311 with Lincoln Cathedral’s Spire in England at (525 f\/160 m.)
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\nModern buildings and depictions thereof are less interesting, though recently the Burj Dubai (under construction) looks to be another large step forward breaking through the ~500 m barrier aiming for a > 800 m completion height. Note the size of the Great Pyramid relative to the newest structures in the image below.
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