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Architecture: Atomium (Regular Polyhedron Building)

Xah Lee, 2006-08

Atomium is a building based on the theme of a regular polyhedron. It is build in 1958 for Brussel's World Expo. It is located in Brussels, Belgium. ⊕

The building is 103 meters high. It consists of 9 spheres, each 18 meters in diameter, interconnected by tubes with escalators inside. The longest such connection is 35 meters.

Atomium before renovation. The renovation was completed in early 2006. img src ‡

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Atomium in 2006. (after renovation) ❐ img src ‡2

In a less gloomy state. ❐ img src ‡4

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For more photos, see: http://flickr.com/groups/atomium58/pool/

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