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  2. Inverted pyramid (architecture) - Wikipedia

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    In architecture, an inverted pyramid is a structure in the shape of an upside-down pyramid. The Hanoi Museum and Hong Kong Coliseum are buildings which have an inverted pyramidal shape. The Pyramide Inversée in Paris is a skylight of this shape. The Tokyo Big Sight's conference tower consists of four inverted pyramids mounted on support bases.

  3. Inverted pyramid - Wikipedia

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    Inverted pyramid (management), also known as a "reverse hierarchy", an organizational structure that inverts the classical pyramid of hierarchical organisations; Inverted pyramid (architecture), a structure in the shape of an upside-down pyramid La Pyramide Inversée, an inverted pyramid structure in the Louvre in Paris, France

  4. Category:Inverted pyramids - Wikipedia

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    A category for inverted pyramid buildings and structures. Please do not add articles related to the journalistic writing style Inverted pyramid . Wikimedia Commons has media related to Inverted pyramids (architecture) .

  5. Louvre Inverted Pyramid - Wikipedia

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    The Inverted Pyramid figures prominently on the concluding pages of Dan Brown's international bestseller The Da Vinci Code.The protagonist of the 2003 novel, Robert Langdon, reads esoteric symbolism into the two pyramids: The Inverted Pyramid is perceived as a Chalice, a feminine symbol, whereas the stone pyramid below is interpreted as a Blade, a masculine symbol: the whole structure could ...

  6. Chand Baori - Wikipedia

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    This baori or stepwell has been constructed in an upside-down pyramid-style. The classical Indian texts on architecture (Vastu) like Aparajitapriccha or Vishvakarma's Vastushastra call this design a vijay vapi. [11] The baori has double flights of steps on each of its ten landings on all three sides.

  7. Its pyramid complex, which functioned as a temple for the resurrected god-pharaoh after his funeral, is better preserved than others due to its limestone blocks enclosed in a sheath of thin-facing ...

  8. Tempe Municipal Building - Wikipedia

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    The Tempe Municipal Building is an inverted pyramid-shaped building which serves as the city hall of Tempe, Arizona. It was designed by architects Rolf Osland , Michael Goodwin and Kemper Goodwin , and built during 1969–1971.

  9. Slovak Radio Building - Wikipedia

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    It is shaped like an upside down pyramid. Locals also refer to it as the Radio Diamant. Architects of this project were Štefan Svetko, Štefan Ďurkovič and Barnabáš Kissling and it was completed in 1983. [1] The project began in 1967. The building is 80 metres high and has a 522-seat concert hall with a large concert organ.