Professing to be an architectural icon in a liveable city core, this giant structure, purported to be the largest wood structure in the world, is best described as a forest of mushrooms welded onto a flying waffle.

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The traditional design and practices for building these bridges combine the use of wood, traditional architectural tools, craftsmanship, the core technologies of beam-weaving' and mortise and tenon joints, and an experienced woodworker's understanding of different environments and the necessary structural mechanics.

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Several numbers from his 2012 disc, the finely textured "Shifty Adventures in Nookie Wood, " allowed Mr. Cale to demonstrate how its funk rhythms and droning, burbling electronic core suggest another way to present modern rock in a forward-looking yet accessible form.

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