Needle Tower is a public artwork by American sculptor Kenneth Snelson located outside of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, D.C....
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The Space Needle is an observation tower in Seattle, Washington, United States. Considered to be an icon of the city, it has been designated a Seattle...
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contemporary sculptor and photographer. His sculptural works, exemplified by Needle Tower, are composed of flexible and rigid components arranged according to...
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node for aesthetic purposes and for redundancy. For example, Snelson's Needle Tower uses a repeated pattern built using nodes that are connected to 5 cables...
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The Gatlinburg Space Needle is a 407 feet (124 m) tall observation tower in Gatlinburg, Tennessee, United States. The tower has an outdoor observation...
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Pinnacle (geology) (redirect from Rock needle)
A pinnacle, tower, spire, needle or natural tower (German: Felsnadel, Felsturm or Felszinne) in geology is an individual column of rock, isolated from...
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The Space Needle is an observation tower in Seattle, Washington, United States. Space Needle may also refer to: CN Tower, an observation tower in Toronto...
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California U.S. Sky Tower, SeaWorld Orlando, Orlando, Florida U.S. Sky Trek Tower, Six Flags Great America, Gurnee, Illinois, U.S. Space Needle, Seattle Center...
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The Montjuïc Communications Tower (Catalan: Torre de Comunicacions de Montjuïc, IPA: [ˈtorə ðə kumunikəsiˈonz ðə muɲʒuˈik]), popularly known as Torre...
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The Glover's Needle (or St Andrews Spire) is a spire-carrying tower in the city of Worcester, England. The tower is a prominent landmark of the city,...
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Cleopatra's Needle in London is one of a pair of obelisks, together named Cleopatra's Needles, that were moved from the ruins of the Caesareum of Alexandria...
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the tallest tower in the world. Tokyo Skytree Canton Tower CN Tower Ostankino Tower ↑ Oriental Pearl Tower Milad Tower Kuala Lumpur Tower Tianjin Radio...
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Näsinneula (redirect from Näsinneula Observation Tower)
Näsinneula (Finnish: [ˈnæsiˌnːeu̯lɑ]; lit. 'the Needle of Näsi') is an observation tower in Tampere, Finland, overseeing Lake Näsijärvi. It was built in...
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The Tower of London, officially His Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress of the Tower of London, is a historic castle on the north bank of the River Thames...
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perimeter of the tower. "Burj Jumeira - the Skyscraper Center". "Burj Jumeirah: Dubai Ruler's fingerprint forms base of 550-metre needle tower". The National...
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Big Ben (redirect from Clock Tower (Westminster))
clock tower itself, which stands at the north end of the Palace of Westminster in London, England. Originally known simply as the Clock Tower, it was...
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the tower that September, while Caroll opened the adjacent Landmark Plaza shopping center and Landmark Apartments by the end of the year. The tower's completion...
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Piece by Juan Muñoz Antipodes by Jim Sanborn Post-Balzac by Judith Shea Needle Tower by Kenneth Snelson Cubi XXVI by David Smith Throwback by Tony Smith Are...
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List of tallest observation towers in the United States, up to the first ten structures "Top o' Texas Ride Facts". 27 September 2013. Retrieved January...
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The Needles Lighthouse is an active 19th century lighthouse on the outermost of the chalk rocks at The Needles on the Isle of Wight in the United Kingdom...
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The Needles of the Black Hills of South Dakota are a region of eroded granite pillars, towers, and spires within Custer State Park. Popular with rock...
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The Strat (redirect from Stratosphere Tower)
Vegas is what the Eiffel Tower did for Paris, what the Empire State Building did for New York, what the Seattle Space Needle did for Seattle." Stupak's...
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The BT Tower is a grade II listed communications tower in Fitzrovia, London, England, owned by BT Group. It was also known as the GPO Tower and the Post...
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The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror, or simply Tower of Terror, is a series of similar accelerated drop tower dark rides located at Disney's Hollywood Studios...
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Saint Michel d'Aiguilhe (redirect from St. Michael of the Needle)
Saint-Michel d'Aiguilhe (St. Michael of the Needle) is a chapel in Aiguilhe, near Le Puy-en-Velay, France. The chapel is reached by 268 steps carved into...
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Fernsehturm Stuttgart (redirect from TV Tower Stuttgart)
Düsseldorf Sentech Tower, Johannesburg Donauturm, Vienna CN Tower, Toronto Macau Tower Sky Tower (Auckland), Auckland Fernsehturm Berlin Space Needle, Seattle Ostankino...
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Park Agate Bridge Phallic Rock Square Butte Tonto Natural Bridge Tower Butte Weaver Needle, Superstition Mountains Window Rock Alabama Hills Mobius Arch...
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A needle valve is a type of valve with a small port and a threaded, needle-shaped plunger. It allows precise regulation of flow, although it is generally...
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Spire (category Towers)
of 385 feet (117 meters). In England, a tall needle spire was sometimes constructed at the edge of tower, with pinnacles at the other corners. The western...
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52-meter-high Gothic bell-tower is capped by a pointed roof, and is known as Torre Aguja or "Needle Tower". The murals in the bell-tower were moved to the Museo...
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