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2. Sol LeWitt - Wikipedia

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   Solomon "Sol" LeWitt (September 9, 1928 – April 8, 2007) was an American artist linked to various movements, including conceptual art and minimalism. [1]LeWitt came to fame in the late 1960s with his wall drawings and "structures" (a term he preferred to "sculptures") but was prolific in a wide range of media including drawing, printmaking, photography, painting, installation, and artist's ...

3. Tefillin - Wikipedia

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   The knot of the head-tefillin strap forms the letter dalet (ד ‎) or double dalet (known as the square-knot) while the strap that is passed through the arm-tefillin is formed into a knot in the shape of the letter yud (י ‎). Together with the shin on the head-tefillin box, these three letters spell Shaddai (שדי ‎), one of the names of ...

4. Prince Rupert's cube - Wikipedia

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   The problem of finding the largest square that lies entirely within a unit cube is closely related, and has the same solution. Prince Rupert's cube is named after Prince Rupert of the Rhine, who asked whether a cube could be passed through a hole made in another cube of the same size without splitting the

5. Apple Fifth Avenue - Wikipedia

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   Jobs pitched the idea of a 40-ft. glass cube at the center of the site, while Macklowe proposed a glass pavilion close to the street; both ideas ended up merging. [13] Macklowe thought Jobs' proposed 40-foot (12 m) cube was too large for the site, violating zoning restrictions and obscuring and not harmonizing with the scale of the GM Building.

6. The Crystal Palace - Wikipedia

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   The Crystal Palace was a cast iron and plate glass structure, originally built in Hyde Park, London, to house the Great Exhibition of 1851. The exhibition took place from 1 May to 15 October 1851, and more than 14,000 exhibitors from around the world gathered in its 990,000-square-foot (92,000 m 2) exhibition space to display examples of technology developed in the Industrial Revolution.

7. Burj Khalifa - Wikipedia

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   The Burj Khalifa [a] (known as the Burj Dubai prior to its inauguration) is a skyscraper in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.It is the world's tallest structure.With a total height of 829.8 m (2,722 ft, or just over half a mile) and a roof height (excluding antenna, but including a 242.6 m spire) [2] of 828 m (2,717 ft), the Burj Khalifa has been the tallest structure and building in the world ...