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  1. 02-07-2018, 4:17 PM #1
    Wayne Lomman
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    Double helix

    I was catching up on news this morning and this caught my eye. The Sydney Opera house is unique in itself. I did not know that its double helix car park was equally unique. The story of how it came into being is a bit out there as well. Cheers

    http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-02-0...-shape/9270864
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  3. 02-07-2018, 5:22 PM #2
    Wade Lippman
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    It might be unique in some way, but double helix parking garages are pretty common.
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  4. 02-08-2018, 9:26 AM #3
    Rick Moyer
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    Quote Originally Posted by Wade Lippman View Post
    It might be unique in some way, but double helix parking garages are pretty common.
    Lol, I know someone who couldn't find his car once cause he kept looking on the same helix, not knowing it was a double helix lot!
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  5. 02-08-2018, 10:07 AM #4
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    Interesting. I wonder why they built the roofing system with only a fifty year design life.
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  6. 02-11-2018, 5:10 PM #5
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    Very interesting. Have to show this to the wife, she is teaching her 8th grade science students the Watson/Crick DNA model right now.
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