Cereal thrillers, sacred geometry and the magic of number seven

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Corn circles are genuine, according to Dr Keith Critchlow, of the Visual Islamic and Traditional Arts school of the Prince of Wales Institute of Architecture. He believes that some corn circles are too complicated to have been faked. He is very attracted to the harmony of Islamic architecture, with his favourite example of sacred geometry being the Isphahan mosque in Turkey. He believes that Jul 7, 1999, will be significant because the notes in an octave are in powers of seven, while the atomic world works in octaves of atoms.

Wales, Religious aspects, Critchlow, Keith, Crop circles

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Welcome to the new Kew Gardens

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A disused clay pit in north Cornwall, England, is being transformed into the Gardens of Eden. This project, due to open at Easter 2001, will feature enormous geodesic domes designed by architect Nicholas Grimshaw. Inside these domes, there will be areas replicating the humid tropics and temperate zones. The greenhouses will be made from a honeycomb of transparent Teflon foil. Three layers of the foil are sandwiched with air and inflated into hexagonal steel frames up to 10 mt in diameter.

New capacity, new plant construction, Greenhouses, Other Food Crops Grown Under Cover, Planning, Design and construction, Buildings and facilities, Gardens, Cornwall, England, Horticultural industry, Grimshaw, Nicholas

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A house made of straw

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The Centre for Alternative Technology in Machynlleth, Wales, tests sustainable and low-energy buildings. Builders and gardeners live and work among these buildings to show renewable energy and new applications for traditional materials. The most recent project is a children's theatre made from bales of straw. This will have a timber frame and a pitched roof of slate and turf. It will be constructed by courseworkers who pay the centre for learning new skills.

Study and teaching, Architecture and energy conservation, Energy efficient buildings

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