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Guess the Architecture! for 9/17/12

Posted September 17, 2012 11:00 AM by Mizuti

Can you figure out where this picture was taken?
Have you seen a particularly unique windmill?
Could Don Quijote beat it in a duel?

Let us know in the comments below!

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09/17/2012 11:40 AM

Si senôir, I will smite the beast...

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09/17/2012 11:54 AM

Whoa. This is pretty intense, even for a concept. Source?

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09/17/2012 11:59 AM

Link....

"Shaped like super-massive wind turbine, Anara Tower is a mixed-use high-rise that will features residences, offices, retail spaces, a hotel, and a world-class art gallery. The 125 story structure will incorporate sky gardens every 27 floors and will boast a luxury restaurant situated within the glossy glass capsule in the center of the tower's peak. Atkins Design Studio is aiming to maximize the skyscraper's efficiency by incorporating water and energy efficiency strategies and potentially installing renewable sources of energy.


Read more: ANARA TOWER: Dubai's Titanic Turbine-Shaped Superstructure | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building

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09/18/2012 2:29 PM

Stratas-pheric !

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09/17/2012 9:34 PM

http://www.golden-gate-park.com/windmills.html

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09/17/2012 10:58 PM

Dutch windmill at Holland MI?

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09/18/2012 5:51 AM

That would be the North Windmill at Golden Gate Park, San Fransisco, CA

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09/18/2012 6:04 AM

So it is.

What's that doohickey wheel thingy hanging out the back? I couldn't find any technical descriptions for this windmill on the internet.

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09/18/2012 6:36 AM

It's called a fantail.

"A fantail is a small windmill mounted at right angles to the sails, at the rear of the windmill, and which turns the cap automatically to bring it into the wind. The fantail was patented in 1745 by Edmund Lee, a blacksmith working at Brockmill Forge near Wigan, England, and perfected on mills around Leeds and Hull towards the end of the 18th century."

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09/18/2012 7:05 AM

Sweet, a windpowered azimuth drive with auto null detection.

Fantail was the missing link.

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09/26/2012 7:58 AM

I think all wndmills have them (unless they're hand cracked to face wind direction!). They were the prototypes for those used on helicopters....

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09/26/2012 8:24 AM

The Fantail was quite a late development "windmill wise", sometime in the 1700s it is claimed.

Certainly there are many around that still need hand-cranking, especially here in Europe....

I found a great pdf here:-

History of windmills

That has some good diagrams as well as a potted history of windmills, starting in 1,700BC, believe it or not!!!! VAWTs were first!!!!!

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09/19/2012 9:20 PM

Yupp, could also be used for coffee grinding!

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09/19/2012 9:10 PM

not checked my link?

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09/20/2012 4:55 AM

Epke, Didn't pay attention to your link until after I posted.

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