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Re:FIU had grand plans for 'signature' bridge. But the desig... by carapace on Thursday June 14, 2018 @09:03PM (#17316703)
Saint Mary's Cathedral (in San Francisco)

I don't say it's as beautiful as the Parthenon, and it might not last 500 years, but we moderns aren't completely shabby...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathedral_of_Saint_Mary_of_the...

> Its saddle roof is composed of eight segments of hyperbolic paraboloids, in such a fashion that the bottom horizontal cross section of the roof is a square and the top cross section is a cross.

The interior is open.

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Re:FIU had grand plans for 'signature' bridge. But the desig... by bschwindHN on Thursday June 14, 2018 @09:58PM (#17316956)
That picture reminded me of a building I saw in Tokyo. Turns out it's also a Saint Mary's Cathedral:

https://goo.gl/maps/R2arUkpaZeD2

The top cross section is also a cross on this one.

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