If anything it’s become so commonplace that nobody really cares that much anymore. “Oh look, a cool building. Anyway…”
The duomo took 600 years to be mostly complete and still has work being done though mostly restoration and maintenance. It has a marble quarry dedicated solely to it. Absolutely magnificent building, I did all the tours a few months ago, loved it.
That is why we don’t build buildings like it anymore, insanely expensive and time consuming. Plus our current rich people would rather rape kids on their massive yachts and private island than commission beauty to be admired by wider society like the wealthy of old.
Yeah, but what about the Taj mahal?
Was built 400 years ago, I wouldn’t consider it modern. Also not nearly as intricate as il duomo in decoration and masonry
I definitely like the fish way better than that stupid church.
The Vegas orb thing probably qualifies as a wonder.
Do you mean The Ball or The Globe?
According to google I mean the Sphere, apparently?
Oh, that orb thingy. Got it.
CopenHill deserves a mention, although it would be nice if it were more of a blueprint for industrial architecture going forward, rather than a wonder unique to one progressive European country.
Pff
Something seems fishy here.
We haven’t. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sagrada_Família
since 1882. Very cool, i didn’t know this!
This video features more information about this building (but it is not the main topic). https://youtu.be/iRv_syz2DAc
When did humans stop building mega-churches?
You’re not going to believe this, but…
Every giant stadium is about the same.
A monument to the arrogance of some developer (et al), who then bilk the state/city for the cost.
Interesting how the entire focus of the stadium is on the preacher himself instead of, for example, the works of Gawwwwwwwewwewd.
“This meme was brought to you through a single piece of glass several thousand miles long, at the bottom of the ocean”
Undersea cables do have repeater stations, but your point still stands because those are also an engineering marvel.
Undersea fiber optic Internet trunk lines, for anyone who missed the joke
Single piece of glass that runs on electric pulses which travel trough a neatly arranged mineral structure.
More like light pulses travelling through an amorphous silicon dioxide mineral structure, but apart from that you’re entirely right.
we didnt
I’m sure wondering why they built that.
I heard there’s a mall in Iceland that from above looks like a man’s wiggly jiggly bit. Forgot what it’s called but it’s still kinda funny.
You can say “penis” on the internet.
I can say penis. Fine, the mall looks like a penis.
That’s the exact picture and name I’m looking for. Thank you.
Forgot what it’s called
Penis. It’s called a penis
I meant I forgot what the mall was called.
There’s also this.
If I was a rich person, I’d build a pyramid out of concrete in a more modern style, with the peak being made out of glass for maximum view, as a home.
I’d put a saltwater lake in the center surrounding a 100’ tall Cypress tree.
At least it wouldn’t fall over.
It’s not a real rich man pet project if it doesn’t end up in a catastrophe!
A pyramid doesn’t inherently have a wide base. See Transamerica pyramid as example.
According to this, that seems to be the exception to the rule: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ac/Comparison_of_pyramids_SMIL.svg
They managed to build a pyramid that can fall over.
How do you get an interactive svg like that? I’ve never seen that before.
I wondered the same!
IIRC you essentially just use the hover attribute, it’s pretty straightforward and directly supported in the standard, just rarely used. You can go much wilder than that in fact (click on the components)(source)
