The five Platonic solids

The Platonic solids are the five regular convex polyhedra: tetrahedron, cube, octahedron, dodecahedron and icosahedron. Every face is the same regular polygon and each vertex has the same arrangement.

Tetrahedron

4 equilateral triangular faces, 6 edges and 4 vertices.

Cube

6 square faces, 12 edges and 8 vertices.

Octahedron

8 equilateral triangular faces, 12 edges and 6 vertices.

Dodecahedron

12 regular pentagonal faces, 30 edges and 20 vertices.

Icosahedron

20 equilateral triangular faces, 30 edges and 12 vertices.

Copper construction

Hand fabrication requires precise control of lengths and angles. BSA Concept produces these structures in several sizes.

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