St. Petersburg, the glass domed city


	St. Petersburg, the glass domed city

wildcat

1-30-2008 9:23 PM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/654251f9-18a8-49f4-9ce2-c88f2b071dba/B98C0C27-BDD6-485F-8109-F578DB6170CD/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://io9.com/350404/st-petersburg-starts-process-of-becoming-a-domed-city" href="http://io9.com/350404/st-petersburg-starts-process-of-becoming-a-domed-city" style="font-size: 11px;">io9.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://io9.com/350404/st-petersburg-starts-process-of-becoming-a-domed-city"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/io9.com/img/4788E780-DB09-4876-9392-E86D64D20157" alt="glasscoveredmarket.jpg" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://io9.com/350404/st-petersburg-starts-process-of-becoming-a-domed-city">  It's not quite a glass-domed city yet, but St. Petersberg has taken the first steps towards that goal.  British architecture firm Wilkinson Eyre, best known for the design of the <A href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gateshead_Millennium_Bridge">Gateshead Millenium Bridge</A> in Newcastle, unveiled a bold new plan to revamp the old market of St. Petersburg, Russia by putting it entirely under glass. Over the next few years they'll be putting a giant sheet of reinforced glass over Aprasin Dvor, a shopping district. A matching glass bridge will span the river. We've got some interesting facts about the project.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://io9.com/350404/st-petersburg-starts-process-of-becoming-a-domed-city"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/io9.com/img/3C8918E6-2C77-4D3F-93A9-B4444E061C40" alt="stpetersbergglassceiling.jpg" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://io9.com/350404/st-petersburg-starts-process-of-becoming-a-domed-city"> Here are some deets:
- A glazed crystalline glass tensegrity roof reflects weather conditions but keeps pedestrians dry.
- A new building on the Fontanka River will replace the decaying 60s Publishing House.
- A lightweight tensegrity footbridge will be built over the river. It'll look like a shiny cloud. <EM>Images by Wilkinson Eyre</EM></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/B98C0C27-BDD6-485F-8109-F578DB6170CD/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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