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2 unusual facts about Needle Tower


Needle Tower

A second Needle Tower was completed in 1968, Needle Tower II, and was acquired by the Kröller-Müller Museum in 1971, the piece resides in the museum's sculpture garden.

The structure style displayed is known as "tensegrity," a description given by Snelson's former professor Buckminster Fuller to the melding of tension and structural integrity.



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