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Old 01-09-2013, 12:14 AM   #3
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Default Re: The Shadow Court of HM Queen Elizabeth II

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Originally Posted by Crakkerjakk View Post
Building a ~10000 square foot room in a modern factory nowadays (without any production equipment, but including actually installing it and utilities) using all the modern tools available and prefab construction materials runs you about 2.5 million USD.

I'd say extrapolate that to only hand/ye olde timey tools and refurbing ruined ancient architecture, you're looking at least at two orders of magnitude increase. 250 million USD, conservatively, per 1000 m^2.
New Parliament House in Canberra was built in extravagant haste between 1984 and 1988, by digging up a large sandstone hill, building a palace in the hole, and landscaping over the roof. It is panelled with rare hardwoods and marquetry, and lined with rare marble, and is really quite lavish and, well, palatial. It cost A$1.1 billion and has a floor area of 250,000 square metres. That's $4,400 per square metre, one sixtieth what you suggest. Adjust the price up for inflation. Adjust it down for not fast-tracking construction in the most wasteful way. Adjust it down again for not cladding the columns in rare green marble quarried in Queensland, exported to Italy, and re-imported to Australia, not laying parquetry floors, etc.

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