Of all the radical and inventive geometric shapes that buildings can assume, a sphere is arguably the most fantastical. There is no cosmic law stating that buildings must be rectilinear, and curves are as much a feature of architecture as angles. But the sphere unsettles the preconceived visual, functional and structural notions about what buildings should be, by allowing the natural organic form to triumph over the rational, orthogonal geometries we commonly associate with architecture.
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