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.Lefteris.
28th November 2008, 16:23
In the new Porsche Museum, the final preparations are being made for the opening on Saturday, 31st January 2009. At last, now that the scaffolding has been removed, it is possible to see to the full extent the bold architecture of the building, opposite the head office premises of Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG in Zuffenhausen; the famous suburb of Stuttgart, in Germany, that has since 1950 been the home of Porsche. The 5,600 square metres of exhibition space are supported on just three so-called cores of reinforced concrete - hence the building appears to hover in free-space. Inside, the majority of approximately 80 exhibits are already in place. more... (http://www.carpages.co.uk/porsche/porsche-museum-28-11-08.asp)

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BlueMaxMtl
28th November 2008, 23:21
A true structural feat and challenge for the engineers!