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1957 Built for the 1958 Brussels International Exhibition.
Designed by the engineer André Waterkeyn and architects André and Jean Polak.
The stainless steel-clad spheres are connected so that the whole forms the shape of an iron crystal magnified 165 billion times.
2004-2006 Renovations included replacing the faded aluminium sheets on the spheres with stainless steel. To help pay for renovations, the old aluminium was sold to the public as souvenirs. [1]
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