Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to pics@lemmy.world · 2 months agoResort in Singaporelemmy.caimagemessage-square16linkfedilinkarrow-up198
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minus-squarepdxfed@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·2 months agoThis is a better angle that shows some of the tensile strength https://www.dreamstime.com/three-vertical-buildings-carry-surfboard-top-marina-bay-sands-hotel-singapore-luxury-hotel-artsience-museum-las-vegas-sands-image239115513 I’m still trying to wrap my head around how engineers must have had to angle everything (floors, ceilings, interior walls) so that occupants on the “slanted” tower buildings don’t have the perception their building is a leaning prop…because it is.
minus-squareOptional@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoWell . . .it’s certainly sunnier in that one.
This is a better angle that shows some of the tensile strength https://www.dreamstime.com/three-vertical-buildings-carry-surfboard-top-marina-bay-sands-hotel-singapore-luxury-hotel-artsience-museum-las-vegas-sands-image239115513
I’m still trying to wrap my head around how engineers must have had to angle everything (floors, ceilings, interior walls) so that occupants on the “slanted” tower buildings don’t have the perception their building is a leaning prop…because it is.
Well . . .it’s certainly sunnier in that one.