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To perfect to pass up for RAWRchitecture, dinosaurs in architectural landscapes. Not to mention how inherently architectural dealing with issues of scale, representation, and photography vs drawing is. More at Original link: http://www.flickr.com/photos/benheine/sets/72157623723956821/

Images by Ben Heine

Google Trend Decides

Google trends is possibly the least used feature among the millions that Google now has. It also happens to be the one that I find the most humor in using. It compares the total hits of up to five search items. This can easily be used to decide battles, such as that which is the main focus of this blog: Architecture versus Dinosaurs.

But I decided to utilize my other three search item spots and chose some all-stars from each group: T-Rex, Frank Gehry, and Frank Lloyd Wright. Also, I limited it to the last 12 month period, since around 2005 FLW had a spike which put his data twenty times above that of the next competitor; kudos Mr. Wright, 2005 seemed to have been your year, but it's throwing off my data, so...

The Results...

Architecture Wins

On a relative scale compared to the most popular result:

Architecture (Light Blue) 1.00

Dinosaur (Red) 0.40

T-Rex (Orange) 0.08

Frank Lloyd Wright (Green) 0.06

Frank Gehry (Purple) 0.02

The almost illegible graph Google gives us:

A decisive win for architecture, and an embarrassing loss for dinosaurs, although it is notable that the most popular dinosaur, the t-rex, had 40% more hits than FLW, and 350% more than Frank Gehry. Sorry Mr. Gehry, but your time has come and passed and you're already less popular than a extinct over-sized reptile from 65-68 million years ago, and you're not even dead yet.

RAWR: 1, chitecture: 1

All tied up...

Car-o-saurus

Source

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This Week In RAWRchitecture: Burj Dubai vs the Brachiosaurus

Burj Dubai
Classification: Skyscraper
Height: 828m
Time to build: Six years

Brachisaurs
Classification: Sauropod
Length: 25m (13m height)
Time to fully grow: 10 years















The Burj Dubai, is now the world's tallest tower. Measuring at 828 meters, it is almost a third taller than the Empire State Building. Designed by SOM, the Burj Dubai tested the limits of architectural engineering and set a design precedent for future towers of this nature. Unlike those that came before it, where height was a condition set before the building begins, the Burj Dubai had an over engineered foundation that allowed its height to be pushed as construction went out.

The Brachisaurs, was, and is still, the tallest creature to walk the earth. Although other dinosaurs may surpass it by weight (more on that in perhaps the later weeks), the Brachisaurs is still the tallest. It is unmatched in terms of height or length, and probably will never be .( Maybe by giant squids, but those only semi-exist)

Size Comparisons

Verdict: Brachiosaurus wins

The Burj Dubai may be the tallest tower now, but projects are already planned to surpass it. Sure, it's an engineering marvel, an astounding display of human achievement, but the Brachiosaurus is the tallest land creature ever to exist, Its a marvel of nature produced by years of evolution. (or intelligent design, whatever you believe in) It represents the perhaps absolute limit of land creature sizes on Earth. Nothing is going to pass it, at least not for another million or so years. Burj Dubai, I'm really happy for you, I'm gonna let you finish, but the Brachiosaurus is the tallest land creature of all time. OF ALL TIME.

RAWR 1 - chitecture 0

Additional Readings

Interview with Bill Baker, Engineering genius on the Burj Dubai

Everything you want to know about the Burj Dubai, plus pictures.

Brachiosaurs