Bryan Berg makes fantastic card architecture. Formally trained as a designer and architect, Berg holds several Guinness World Records for houses of cards. He landed his first one at 17 when he built a 14 foot, 6 inch tall tower. His most recent record-holding tower is more than 25 feet tall. Berg wrote a book, Stacking the Deck, to teach his techniques. From the book's description:
In Stacking the Deck, Bryan Berg reveals the secret to successful cardstacking with his simple four-card-cell structure and expanded grid techniques. Using illustrations and step-by-step instructions, he guides readers on to more elaborateóand incredibly strongócreations. He covers a wide range of architectural styles, from classic to whimsical, and various types of structures, including pyramids, shrines, stadiums, churches, an oil derrick, and even the Empire State Building. Since first setting the height record in 1992, Bryan's built awe-inspiring card models of a Japanese shrine, the Iowa State Capitol building, Ebbets Field, and his latest tower, which is more than twenty-five feet tall! The book includes photographs of some of these amazing pieces, illustrating just how appealing and enduring a "house of cards" can be. Stacking the Deck will inspire everyone from youngsters experimenting with their first deck of cards to adults, who can create their very own skyscrapers.
Link to Bryan Berg's site, Link to buy Stacking The Deck
