Metaquizzical | Monthly July ‘09
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We are back with our much ‘delayed’ second instalment – Metaquizzical | Monthly July ‘09.
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Posted in July '09, Metaquizzical Monthly
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Q 1 Herzog de Meuron’s Forum Building in Barcelona
Q 2 Transamerica Building by William Pereira; Tom Cruise from San Francisco
Q 3. Champalimaud Cancer Research Center; Charles Correa Associates with RMJM Hillier & Consiste Portugal
Q 4 Montreal Olympic Stadium by French architect Roger Taillibert
Q 5 Kansai International Terminal by Renzo Piano
Q 6. Bamian Buddhas 6th AD
Q 7 Temple Mount – Mount Moriah Mosque in Old Jerusalem – Al Aqsa Mosque
Q 8 Parthenon – 5th century BC
Q 9 Taj Mahal and Mohd Ali Jinnah
Q 10 Statue of Lakshmi Narasimha at Hampi
6-10 – All are UNESCO world heritage sites
The transamerica building at san fransisco by William Pereira.The connection is that tom cruise holds a certain stake(partner) in the Transamerica entertainment sector
The champauli maud foundation center in Portugal by Charles correa
Its the Olympic Stadium, Montreal, Quebec by Roger Tallibert. The line refers to the terrorist attack on the israelis.
Its the kansai international airport by renzo piano.
Question6:Its the Buddhas of Bamyan were two monumental statues of standing Buddhas carved into the side of a cliff in the Bamyan valley in the Hazarajat region of central Afghanistan.It was destroyed by the taliban under the Sharia law.
Question7: Dome of the rock in Jesusalem which houses the Foundation Stone, the holiest spot in Judaism and is a major landmark located on the Temple Mount.Jewish Midrash holds that it was from here that the world expanded into its present form, and that this was where God gathered the dust he used to create the first man, Adam
Question8: Parthenon
Question10: Ugra narsimha statue at Hampi
1.The Forum at Barcelona by Herzog and de Meuron.
2.Trans America pyramid by william pereira and Tom cruise.
Is Scientology the connect????
Transamerica moved their headquarters to the new building from across the street, where they used to be based in another pyramid-shaped building now occupied by the Church of Scientology of San Francisco with whom Cruise is involved from a long time.
3.Champalimaud Foundation centre, a cancer and neuroscience research foundation in Portugal designed by Charles Correa and RMJM Hillier(clinical and laboratory design architects).
4.The Montreal Olympic Stadium.The stadium was designed by French architect Roger Taillibert to be a very elaborate facility featuring a retractable roof, which was to be opened and closed by a huge 175-metre (574 ft) tower – the tallest inclined structure in the world, 6 m (19.7 ft) taller than the Washington Monument, and the sixth tallest building in Montreal.In 1987, an orange-coloured Kevlar(a material used in bullet proof vests) retractable roof was installed, finally completing the stadium a decade late; however, soon after it was put into use it ripped on several occasions due to design flaw.
5.Kansai International airport,Osaka. by Renzo Piano.
6.the Buddha Statues in Bamyan, Afghanistan erected in the 6th century destroyed by the Taliban in 2001.
7.Dome of the Rock at Temple Mount, jerusalem. It was completed in 691, making it the oldest extisting Islamic building in the world
8. The Parthenon, athens, Greece.
9. Taj mahal+mohammed ali jinnah.
10.The Ugranarasimaha idol at Hampi.
1.The Forum Building, Barcelona designed by the Swiss architects Jaques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron.
2.The Transamerica Pyramid by architect William Pereira. Second picture is of Hollywood star Tom Cruise. Transamerica moved their headquarters to the new building from across the street, where they used to be based in another pyramid-shaped building now occupied by the Church of Scientology of San Francisco.Tom Cruise is a member of and an outspoken advocate for the Church of Scientology.
3.Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown, by Indian architect Charles Correa.
4.The Olympic Stadium at Montreal, Canada by Roger Taillibert. Montreal’s Olympic Stadium was one of the first sports stadiums to be capped with a plastic dome roof. The stadium was covered with 60,696 square feet of orange and silver Kevlar fabric, a synthetic fiber used in some bulletproof vests.
5.The Terminal building of Kansai International Airport by Renzo Piano.
Connect: All the above buildings suffered from huge cost overruns during construction.
6. The Buddhas of Bamyan which were dynamited and destroyed in 2001 by the Taliban, on orders from leader Mullah Mohammed Omar, after the Taliban government declared that they were “idols” (which are forbidden under Sharia law).
7.The Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem, which is an Islamic shrine which houses the Foundation Stone, one of the holiest sites in Islam and Judaism.It is said to mark the spot where God created man, as well as the site for other important events.
8.Plan of the Parthenon, Acropolis, Athens, Greece.
9.The Taj Mahal and Mohammed Ali Jinnah. Ruttie Jinnah, his wife lived at the Taj Mahal Hotel in Bombay after her separation with the leader till her death. Further, the Pakistani govt. asked if the Jinnah House in Mumbai could be used as the Pakistani consulate, prompting Bal Thackeray, right wing Shiv Sena party chief to say “Today they (Pakistan) are asking for the Jinnah House. Tomorrow they may want Taj Mahal and the day after Qutub Minar.”
10. Statue of Ugra Narasimha at Hampi, Karnataka.
Connect: All the above sites have witnessed religious tension or have been the cause of religious conflict/intolerance.