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The Building, Digitally Remastered

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The Building, Digitally Remastered

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By Michael Patrick Gibson on December 18, 2007

Tenerife Opera House
Santiago Calatrava
Tenerife, Canary Islands
2006

Computer-assisted 3-D modeling translated Calatrava’s drawings for the 50-meter-high cantilevered wave and perfected the acoustics for the performance space within.

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See how computer modeling has revolutionized building design and construction.

Credit: Alan Karchmer/Estostock

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