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  2. Sydney Opera House - Wikipedia

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    The facility features a modern expressionist design, with a series of large precast concrete "shells", [14] each composed of sections of a sphere of 75.2 metres (246 ft 8.6 in) radius, [15] forming the roofs of the structure, set on a monumental podium. The building covers 1.8 hectares (4.4 acres) of land and is 183 m (600 ft) long and 120 m ...

  3. Times New Roman - Wikipedia

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    Times Modern was a condensed and bold display variant published by, among others, Elsner+Flake. It was withdrawn from sale due to trademark disputes with the Times newspaper, which owns its own unrelated design named 'Times Modern' (see above). [150] CG Times is a variant of Times family made by Compugraphic.

  4. List of Grand Designs episodes - Wikipedia

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    The design for Toby's five-building home contains six bedrooms, six bathrooms, a music studio and an annexe - a vast project more like a village than a house. Creating this life changing vision on a £530k budget, and in only eight months, will not be an easy task, especially as they must build up close to an ancient oak without destroying any ...

  5. Germany - Wikipedia

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    German designers became early leaders of modern product design. [273] The Berlin Fashion Week and the fashion trade fair Bread & Butter are held twice a year. [274] Architectural contributions from Germany include the Carolingian and Ottonian styles, which were precursors of Romanesque. Brick Gothic is a distinctive medieval style that evolved ...

  6. Hanna-Barbera - Wikipedia

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    This contemporary office building was designed by architect Arthur Froehlich. Its ultra-modern design included a sculpted latticework exterior, moat, fountains, and a Jetsons-like tower. The Magilla Gorilla Show, Jonny Quest, The Peter Potamus Show, Atom Ant and Secret Squirrel followed in 1964 and 1965.

  7. Surrealism - Wikipedia

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    Max Ernst, The Elephant Celebes, 1921. The word surrealism was first coined in March 1917 by Guillaume Apollinaire. [10] He wrote in a letter to Paul Dermée: "All things considered, I think in fact it is better to adopt surrealism than supernaturalism, which I first used" [Tout bien examiné, je crois en effet qu'il vaut mieux adopter surréalisme que surnaturalisme que j'avais d'abord employé].

  8. C++ - Wikipedia

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    The C++ Core Guidelines [83] are an initiative led by Bjarne Stroustrup, the inventor of C++, and Herb Sutter, the convener and chair of the C++ ISO Working Group, to help programmers write 'Modern C++' by using best practices for the language standards C++11 and newer, and to help developers of compilers and static checking tools to create ...