Paperlandmarks Blog » landmarks http://blog.paperlandmarks.com crafty tips & news from paper modeling studio Mon, 07 Dec 2009 17:11:40 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 What is the best scale for skyscraper models? http://blog.paperlandmarks.com/poll-best-scale-skyscrapers http://blog.paperlandmarks.com/poll-best-scale-skyscrapers#comments Sun, 06 Dec 2009 00:07:41 +0000 Imants http://blog.paperlandmarks.com/?p=287

Skyscrapers from paper

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Let us imagine how tall will be these famous landmarks built in various scales:

Skyscraper Real height
(m)		 1/500
(cm)		 1/1000
(cm)		 1/1500
(cm)		 1/1700
(cm)		 1/2000
(cm)
Transamerica Pyramid 260 52 26 17 15 13
Chrysler Building 319 64 32 21 19 16
Taipei 101 509 102 51 34 30 25
Willis (ex-Sears) Tower 527 105 53 35 31 26
Burj Dubai 818 164 82 55 48 41

So what do you say?

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