Now in the full swing of the festive season chalk full of goodies, render3dquick.com is honouring a world record that could've been created in a 3d platform before being built- the World's Biggest Gingerbread House!
THE RECORD
They say "Everything is bigger in Texas" and if Hansel and Gretel have anything to say about it, that would definitely hold true of this edible delight! Built last December (2013) and located at the Traditions Golf Club in the city of Bryan, Texas, the larger-than-life gingerbread house measured 39,201.8 cubic feet and continues to hold the Guinness World Record. This defeated the record previously held by the Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota, with its 36,600 cubic foot gingerbread house.
The General Manger of the Traditions Club, Bill Horton, decided to take on the challenge because he felt like it would be a fun way to build a venue that would create excitement and awareness to raise funds for St. Joseph hospital.
THE SHOPPING LIST
It took approximately 7,200 pounds of flour, 7,200 eggs, 3,000 pounds of brown sugar, 1,800 pounds of butter and 22,304 pieces of candy to build the fairytale house, which measured 20.11 feet high, 60 feet wide and 42 feet deep.
THE "HOW"
More than 200 volunteers helped with the project. The entire exterior was edible, made up of close to four thousand 12x17 inch gingerbread bricks baked by a chef and volunteers.
The gingerbread house required a building permit and was built with traditional techniques, which included a solid foundation, wooden framing and trusses. The interior of the house consisted of two rooms; one for storage and the other decorated with candy canes and a fireplace where visitors met with Santa.
The house requested a donation of $3 for adults and $2 for children, which raised over $150,000 for St. Joseph's.
If you would like to take up the challenge of building your own life size gingerbread house, or any other house for that matter, visit our homepage at render3dquick.com to get started with your 3D renderings! Happy eating!
Alex Smith
Manager & Co-Owner Render 3D Quick
Alex Smith is a manager and co-owner at Render3DQuick, with over 6 years’ experience project managing their large team of 3D rendering professionals. Alex is obsessed with architecture and is a CAD design specialist in his own right and an expert in the field of architectural visualization, 3D rendering, and virtual reality tours.
As the first point of contact when you get in touch with Render3DQuick, Alex loves sharing his knowledge and answering any questions you may have about architectural visualization or the latest technologies and techniques they utilize.
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