Big Ben is not the clock tower. Big Ben is nickname for the "Great Bell".
Big Ben belittled by Infosys' plans for enormous erection
Infosys, which reckons its Mysuru education centre is the world's largest corporate university, says it's going to build a 135-metre clock tower there. The massive erection would shade London's 96 metre Big Ben, California's 87m Hoover Tower and Cornell's 53m McGraw Tower, says India's Economic Times. Why does Infosys need …
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Wednesday 3rd February 2016 10:06 GMT allthecoolshortnamesweretaken
"It's going to be taking a big breath: the base will need to be 22 metres square for stability."
That's only loosely connected to the size of the tower, depends on the design of the foundations (and what kind of ground conditions your're dealing with). Just look at wind turbines, for example.
But maybe improving the genius loci ("academic breathing", my podex) isnt't the only goal here? Maybe Narayana Murthy wants it to be his tomb as well?
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