Talking Pyramids

There seems to be a trend developing across the globe. Recently I reported on Dubai’s plans for a Falcon City which would contain replicas of the Giza Pyramids. Preceding that was the story of the huge Japanese Shimizu Mega-City Pyramid. Now Germany wants a piece of the ‘modern pyramid’ action. Plans are afoot to build [...]

While Egypt is threatening to penalise anyone copying artifacts of their cultural heritage, Dubai is planning a huge theme park that includes, a Great Wall of China, an Eiffel Tower, and the three Pyramids of Giza. They won’t be identical replicas, however, they will instead be even larger than the originals! With a total project [...]

Silk kites and beer will be the tools of choice for Cal Poly Pomona students as they try to build a pyramid. Architecture students in the cement and masonry structure class will construct a 106-ton pyramid without modern tools. Instead, they will use a technique that could have been used by ancient Egyptians. Maureen Clemmons, [...]

The Shimizu Mega-City Pyramid planned for Tokyo Bay. Houses 750,000 people, 12 times as large as Khufu’s pyramid, has a footprint of 275 city blocks and would contain 24 80-story skyscrapers suspended within it.