I'm interested in the pyramid as a modern architectural form, and more
generally as a deeply rooted archetype.
I hope this project will convince you of its universal appeal.
Architecture: Pyramid Houses
Some Pyramid houses have been built. Also see unbuilt or future fantasy pyramids below.
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See my design considerations for pyramid houses, with links to architect Ron Hexum.
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A Pyramid House (unbuilt) |
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Pyramid House (James Onan) |
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Margus |
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Atop Smith Tower |
Architecture: Large Venues
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The Pyramid Arena — a sad story. |
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Walter — another arena undergone transformation. |
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Goja Music Hall |
Architecture: Science / Environment / Mechanical
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Muttart Conservatory |
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Moody Gardens |
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Christa McAuliffe Planetarium |
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HALO aka Piramide Esterno Giorno |
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Botanic Gardens Glasshouse |
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The Tropical Pyramid |
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Kolding Bioworks |
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Allan Green Conservatory (Legacy) |
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Tree Hill Nature Center |
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East Daegu Station |
Architecture: Museum / Theatre / Library
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Astana — Pyramid of Peace and Accord |
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I.M. Pei Pyramid |
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Ulm Bibliothek (Stadtbibliothek) |
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Southland Museum |
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Kayne West Pavillion |
Architecture: Smaller (Entertainment, Food, Social) Venues
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Summerhill Pyramid, aka Cipes |
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The Hard Rock Pyramid |
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Dynastie (restaurant) |
Architecture: Churches / Spiritual Centers
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Pomona House Church |
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Osho Commune / Mirdad pyramid(s) |
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Maitreya-Buddha |
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Autobahnkirche (Road Church) |
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Summum Pyramid |
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Capstone Cathedral |
Architecture: Hotel / Recreation / Mixed Use
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Kazan Recreation Center |
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Luxor Hotel / Casino |
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Wafi City Dubai |
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Le Centre Innovation |
Architecture: Corporate HQ / Business
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AstraZeneca (pharmaceutical company) |
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The Transamerica Pyramid |
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Rayonex Corp Pyramids |
Architecture: Civic / Government
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West Virginia Tourist Info |
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Matkailukeskus Alppiruusu (Travel Center) |
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Edmonton City Hall |
Architecture: Medical Facilities
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Pyramid Clinic at the Lake, Zurich |
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Benben (Clinic) |
Architecture: Cultural Centers
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Castries, St Lucia |
Architecture: Pyramid Monuments, Tombs, and Cemeteries
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Forest Lawn |
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Pyramide van Austerlitz |
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Center of the World |
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Groussay |
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Hunt |
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Miller Tomb |
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Karlsruhe |
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Cestius Pyramid (Roman) |
Architecture: Proposed / Unbuilt / Future / Fantasy Pyramids
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Falcon City |
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Juan Carlos Ramos concept house |
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Hexum Pyramid Architecture -
This 128' base pyramid was Ron Hexum's design proposal for a sports athletic clinic and fitness center on the Boise River Greenbelt, called The Nautilus. Rendering done by Dave Broman in 1992. |
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Pyramid House, 2-Story, John Miller |
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Pyramid House, 3-Story, John Miller |
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Portland Pyramid |
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The Great Pyramide Monument |
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Stargate |
Architecture: Inverted Pyramid Buildings
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Tokyo Big Site |
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Tempe City Hall |
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Slovenský (Radio Building) |
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Pyramid (on) Central |
Pyramid Art
The pyramid is a common theme in paintings and sculpture.
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Pyramids and Sun
Alexander Calder, American (1898-1976)
~1975
Lithograph, signed in the plate
28″ x 20″ (71.12 cm x 50.8 cm)
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Pyramid
Roy Lichtenstein (American, 1923-1997)
1969
color lithograph edition of 101
11½″ x 35″
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The Great Pyramid
William Holman Hunt (1827-1910)
1854
Watercolor on paper
6½″ h x 9¾″ w (17 cm h x 25 cm w)
Signed with monogram and dated lower right
Link: VictorianWeb.org
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View of the Great Pyramid of Giza
Luigi Mayer (1755-1803)
Watercolor
Between c. 1760-1790
35 cm x 54 cm
Private collection
Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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Pyramids Of Cheops And Chephren
David Roberts (Scottish, 1796-1864)
1839/1846-49
Tinted lithograph with hand-colouring
33.7 x 53.4 cm
Click for [Larger Image]
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Pyramid
Ray Spencer (Nationality, Born-Died)
1930
wood engraving?
Letterpress image from a Saturn Press greeting card
The Press probably added "PEACE BE WITH YOU"
W x H
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The Pyramids and the Sphynx of Gizeh
Salvador Dali (1904-1989)
Completed in 1954
Oil on canvas
Private Collection, Paris, France
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The Mountain Niesen, Egyptian Night, Der Niesen
Paul Klee (1879-1940)
1915 (while in military during WWI)
Water Color on Paper, 17.1 x 26 cm
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Three Pyramids
© 2004, JoHN MiLLeR (1949-Living)
12.5″ x 7.5″, 16 pieces, copper foil technique.
Made in one day from original design to finished project
for a longtime friend in Spokane.
Can be viewed upside down!
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Untitled
Keith Haring (1958-1990)
July 29, 1982
Drawing, Sumi ink on paper
19½″ x 27½″ (49.53 cm x 69.85 cm)
website
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Pyramid
Keith Haring (1958-1990)
It was executed in 1989 as number 10 of a series of 15.
anodized aluminum
30½″ x 57″ by 57″
It sold for $161,000 via Sotheby's New York.
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Asia Alpha (Album cover)
Roger Dean (1944-living)
1983
Watercolor?
Roger Dean website
Roger Dean on Wikipedia.
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Inside The Great Pyramid
Paul Horn (1930-2014)
Awesome recordings done from the King's Chamber and other spaces.
Opens with sound of Sarcophagus being pounded by hand (I think).
Extensive liner notes/story came with original 1977 vinyl album.
[LISTEN] on YouTube.
Paul Horn website
Paul Horn on Wikipedia.
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PINK FLOYD
The Dark Side of the Moon
(1973)
DSoM came with a poster of the pyramids at Giza,
and a number of stickers like the one shown here.
The significance of the stickers was never revealed.
(Artist??)
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David Hockney (1937- )
Great Pyramid at Giza with Broken Head from Thebes
(1963)
The 72″ x 72″ canvas sold for $7.9m in 2009.
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PYRAMID (1978)
Alan Parsons (1948-Living)
Pyramania
There are pyramids in my head
There's one underneath my bed
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And the Mayan panoramas
On my pyramid pajamas
Haven't helped my little problem
[LISTEN] on YouTube.
Alan Parsons website
Alan Parsons on Wikipedia.
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Bead Bowl
Gus Miller
(2007?)
Made in Middle school as an art project
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Pyramids in Product Design
The pyramid is used in graphic and product design.
Many of the items here were gimmicks, no longer produced.
To be moved to a product page. Many corporate logos are based on the pyramid.
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The Food Guide Pyramid, which was released by the USDA in 1992, was replaced on April 19, 2005, by
MyPyramid. Wikipedia article on
Food pyramid (nutrition) shows the history.
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Kephren Pyramid Fireplaces (Awesome) |
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Firelight Glass® Pyramid —
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Corrigan Hall, Denver. Demolished, 2002.
The Hall had at least 24 sets of light fixtures .. perhaps 6 rows by 4 rows. Each fixture had four pyramids. Each pyramid had a 300w incandescent bulb on a dimmer. Fixtures could be raised or lowered independently. Steel frame, fiberglass, painted white.
Colorado Preservation website.
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Pyramid Award given to Sharper Impressions |
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Glass Pyramids on Amazon. |
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Pyromid® Outdoor Cooking System (defunct?) |
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Philips Aromatherapy System, with light (defunct) |
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Newscatcher® (defunct) |
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Radio Shack Acoustics AM FM CD Player (defunct?) |
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Moonstruck
italia espresso truffle |
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Pavoni Pavoflex Flexible Non-Stick Mold, 35 pyramid cavities!
Warning! If you click on their site, you'll see ads appear forever!
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Pyramid Pethouse (defunct?!) |
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Eagle Claw Star Crab Trap
on
Dick's Sporting Goods
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Pyramid Golf Putter (in name only!) |
Pyramid Form
About...
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Pyramid Bracket Model - Apex. |
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Pyramid Bracket Model - Corner. |
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Pyramid Bracket Model - Apothem. Connects base side to a 2nd floor bracket. |
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Square Pyramid Calculator |
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Pyramids on Mathematica |
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Polygon Flux |
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Pyramid Scheme on Wikipedia. This chart shows how pyramid schemes can become impossible to sustain. In this case each member supposedly has 6 participants below them. |
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Pyramid Geometry |
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Pyramid Dynamics |
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Image Pyramids |
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Pyramid Data Type |
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Crystal Structures with octahedral forms: Gems, Gold, iron, chromite. |
Pyramid Power and Mysticism
Pyr-a-mid means fire in the middle. Where did this notion arise?
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Alexander Golod — interesting guy... |
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For an interesting story about the All-Seeing Eye, see 'Benson Lossing reverse',
in the Coins section of the Wikipedia page on
Great Seal of the United States
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Pyramids Everywhere |
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Pyramid Greenhouse Shelves |
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Pyramid of Light is a contemporary demonstration for peace, which can be realized in every city... We want to contribute to oneness and peace in the world by creating Pyramids of Light around the world.
A Pyramid of Light has been done in Amsterdam, with hope for more. Project status unknown.
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Head Gear Pyramids.
Claim: Head Gear Pyramids are 9″ precious metal plated frames, titanium or steel based. Everyone who has seriously endevoured to wear the pyramid headgear for any length of time has had remarkable results in the reduction of fatigue and stress.
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Small Pyramid Greenhouse |
The Great Pyramid
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The Great Pyramid
Giza Plateau Computer Model.
Various 3D maps of the Giza complex, some showing (I think) chambers inside the Great
Pyramid.
Recent Discovery at the Great Pyramid.
This is a 1995 news article from a London newspaper about the
exploration of a shaft in the Great Pyramid via robot which lead to an
unexpected suprise.
The project to take a look beyond the end of the shaft leading out of the
Queen's Chanmber via optic fiber was to happen in May 1996, but the
antiquities director refuses to work with the original engineer.
See The Upuaut Project Home Page, by
Rudolf Gatenbrink.
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I have obtained background info via bibliographic searching, Alta-Vista, Google, e-mail (site feedback), US mail, travel, and phone calls.
I have many more pyramids to include.
I also have a collection of pyramid corporate logos.
Much work to do!
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