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Home > Thomas Hull :: The mathematics of origami
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Spiked Rhombic Enneacontahedron
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This structure was conceived by taking a 90-sided polyhedron, whose faces are made from two types of rhombi, and placing a pyramid on each face. The construction uses 180 small squares of paper, all folded and interlocked together without glue. See more models on the Origami Gallery.
--- Thomas Hull. Photograph by Nancy Rose Marshall.
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