National Geographic Society, Washington DC, by Mattb325.
--------------------------------------- Who hasn't been enthralled over the years with the incredible imagery of magazines, documentaries and the awe inspiring sharing of knowledge about our beautiful and precious planet. The National Geographic society is one of the largest non-profit scientific and educational organistations in the world and was founded in 1888 as "a society for the increase and diffusion of geographical knowledge". It is headquartered in Washington DC. The National Geographic Society Headquarters was built in 1963 in the what is known as the new formalist style. It is made of concrete, marble and glass and conveys a uniform and symmetrical appearance; the marble columns provide strong verticality and are a reinterpretation of earlier classical, temple like forms. This is especially true of the upper floors and projecting fins along the colonnade. It is also here, in order to circumvent the odd viewing angle of SC4, that I have taken slight liberties with the building and reduced the width of these overhanging fins. It none-the-less remains reasonably faithful to the language of new formalism. The National Geographic Society Headuarters operates as a museum in real life. The building is offered in two different formats. 1) A high-capacity museum on a 6x2 lot;  2) A CS§§ growable on a 6x3 lot providing 764 jobs. The museum is found in the Education menu.  ---------------------------------------
STATS MUSEUM:
Lot Size:                 6x2 
Occupant Groups:Civic, Museum
Plop Cost:              § 13,400 
Jobs:                      Jobs§ 33; Jobs§§ 145; Jobs§§§ 57
Buldoze Cost:        § 1,650
Power Consumed:11 MWh
Water Consumed: 40 Gal/month
Pollution:                5 (Air)/ 3 (Water)/ 2 (Garbage )
Pollution Radius:   3/4/0
Coverage Radius:  7,760
Museum Capacity:55,200
EQ Boost:                40
Effectiveness vs Age: 20: 0; 30: 0.3; 40: 0.3; 50: 0.3; 60: 0.75; 70: 1.5; 80: 3
Budget Item Cost:  § 700
STATS CS§§: Lot size :                 6x3 
Growth Stage:        5 (Medium and High Density Zoning)
Bulldoze Cost:        § 500
Capacity Satisfied:CS§ 3,047, CS§§ 764
Pollution:                 28 (Air)/ 19 (Water)/ 38 (Garbage )
Pollution Radius:    5/6/0
Power Consumed: 61 Mwh
Water Consumed:  735 Gal/Month
Building Style:         Euro/Chicago/New York/Houston
Occupant Group:    Medium Wealth Commercial Services Building --------------------------------------- NOTE ABOUT DARK NITE vs MAXIS NITE: This download contains TWO model files; one for dark nite users (and other night-time darkening mods, such as Gizmos night-mod) and one for the standard Maxis nite. 
You must keep only one file - depending on which version you use. If you are unsure whether you have a night-darkening mod installed, then choose the Maxis night version. Regardless of which file you choose to keep, make sure you DO NOT delete the Lot File! If you use the dark nite version, you will need a dark nite mod. (http://community.simtropolis.com/files/file/23089-simfox-day-and-nite-modd/)  --------------------------------------- DEPENDENCIES: This lot requires no dependencies. --------------------------------------- To install, simply unzip the contents of this file into your plugins folder.