wonders of the world

[Guest Hugh Man]

Ok, this is my first proper post.

 

If you could pick a new seven wonders of the world what would they be ?

 

I know that we understand how the pyramids were built now but what would be tantamount to the pyramids today, what would deserve the title of a wonder of the world.?

[ecoli]

certain skycrapers, bridges, me, the human genome project, plastic...

[Pangloss]

Interesting.

 

Why don't we limit this to structural achievements, just for the sake of discussion? They hold the most direct visual alignment with the historic "wonders of the world" phrase.

 

I would say those islands off the coast of Dubai would probably count.

[carol]

The Panama Canal

[YT2095]

the new Hadron Collider.

[weknowthewor]

For me Akram Vignan. The science of self realization..

 

Do visit it.. I liked a lot

[Guest Hugh Man]

certain skycrapers, bridges, me, the human genome project, plastic...

 

ecoli,

 

i was looking for a specific example but the pearl bridge in Japan is very impressive, not sure if it would be a wonder of the world ?

 

Panama Canal

Large Hadron Colider

The world islands and maybe the pearl bridge

 

well theres three definite choices so just four more

 

the world islands is an immense project

 

 

[blackhole123]

that is so cool

[Royston]

Now this is a freaky coincidence...and I know full well that my house-mate is unaware of this, hence I thought he should pose the question to you lot.

 

A friend at work has just informed me, that they are actually asking for votes for a new 'Wonders of the World'...anyway please take a look at the link below.

 

http://www.new7wonders.com/index.php

 

EDIT: Perhaps for the sake of the thread, if anyone else is still interested, we should pick engineering feats of the last couple of decades...I think he was looking for more contemporary examples.

[Student_777]

Neuschwanstein Castle

 

[TimbaLanD]

how about the 7* hotel? Burj Al Arab Dubai?