Friday, September 10, 2010

China Puzzle #29 & 30

This week there are two puzzle challenges for you to assemble.

Puzzle #29 
The Grand National Theater of China, Beijing
The Egg A_day_view_of_National_Centre_for_the_Performing_Arts - online jigsaw puzzle - 117 pieces
To start puzzle click on picture.
Puzzle will open in new window.
To rotate pieces
select piece with mouse
and use the mouse roller
to rotate the piece.
It is known as the Egg. The Egg is a large oval near Tiananmen Square, just west of the western entrance to the Great Hall of the People (The Eastern entrance faces Tiananmen Square. It is some 150,000 m2 in size and has 6000 seats. Frenchman, Paul Andreu, was the architect who is famous for his airport designs.
I kept making a mental comparison to the LDS/Mormon Tabernacle built from 1864-1867 in Salt Lake City, Utah. It seats 3500 and was built  using almost no nails. (To read more click here). 
It is also said to be one of the most  acoustically perfect buildings ever built and has been the home of the renowned Mormon Tabernacle Choir.

Puzzle #30 
The Tabernacle on Temple Square in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
LDS Tabernacle  salt-lake-city-temple-square-1897-assembly-hall- - online jigsaw puzzle - 117 pieces
To start puzzle click on picture.
Puzzle will open in new window.
To rotate pieces
select piece with mouse
and use the mouse roller
to rotate the piece.

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