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Architecture sea shell comforter:

• Leonardo da Vinci drafted the first spiral staircase plans (which are still used by architects today!) from studying the simple snail shell with its interior whorls.

• The spiral tops of Grecian Columns were designed after a nautilus shell cut in half.

• During the Renaissance, architects copied shell shapes for design in niches, facades, tombs and pedestals.

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• Frank Lloyd Wright designed the Guggenheim Museum around the Japanese Miracle Shell ( Thatcheria mirabilis (Angass)).

• The Sydney Opera House was designed to look like a giant Cock's Comb Oyster (Lopha cristagalli (Linne)). Go to the John Uzton Page for 2 great pictures of this building (the second one is best!)

• The Mayans of Mexico carved bivalves and conch shells into the walls of their public buildings and temples
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