closing the visible space

Patrick, you might be correct in all you say about cupolas and
thermodynamics, but there really are no other buildings like St. Peter's,
which compares in size (and somewhat in profile) with the Great Pyramid,
except, of course, St. Peter's is more or less hollowed out. Steve


Do you know, Steve, if actually St Peter  Basilica in Roma is the largest
hollow building (one same continuous interior  space) man made /
architecturized?
Is there a ^scale ^of such buildings ? or a list with comparable  arti-facts
?

about the similarity in profile, i can't see the comparison here, except
using the general theory of relativity, which says (partially) that  space
(even straight lines) becomes - or behaves like - a curve.

The diagonally presented form of the pyramid is possibly an extrapolation of
such general theory, if  not  to be considered  just as a precursor/ancestor
of latter/smarter techniques with verticals, archs,domes and curved spaces
in architecture.
closing the  visible space is always the point. Pyramids, or obelisk-like
buildings use a point seen from outside.
Cathedrals use a volume seen from inside.
Some use the two (the Chrysler or Empire state buildings)
and some use a flattened top, like a unsexued  human production without
genius( real imagination), "idea" (vision) or criteria (judgment) ( the wtc
towers f.i. just made for the financial profit of some few if not the latter
death of some braves)

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