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Whats the connection? Mystery Cache

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Abigails: A cacher has kindly told me that the building the cache is outside is getting boarded up for refurbishment and will make the cache inaccessible. Therefore, I think its time for this cache to go. It has had 295 finds and 35 favourite points which I am really pleased about.

The buildings are (from left to right):
Sydney Opera House
HSBC Building in Hong Kong
Millennium Bridge, London
Swiss Re Building. AKA The Gherkin
Allianz Arena in Munich
Birds Nest Stadium in Beijing

The person that connected them was Sir Ove Nyquist Arup and all the above buildings were engineered by his eponymous firm. The cache co-ordinates were placed at Kings Cross Station which was also designed by Arup.

The final was placed outside 13 Fitzroy Street which was the headquarters of Arup for many a year. Their head office is now opposite at 8 Fitzroy Street. I worked at Arup for over 10 years, but now have moved on and therefore I’m freeing up space for someone else.

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Hidden : 9/17/2016
Difficulty:
4 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   other (other)

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Geocache Description:

A puzzle of 6 pictures - what person connects them?


There are 6 pictures below all connected by a person.  His/Her name is three words long, written as:

ABC DEFGHJK LMNP

Using A=1, B=2 etc calculate the following:

N (A+K+P)° (N-M)(F-E+H).((AxM)+F) W 000° (H-L).((DxG)-J)

The final location (and the virtual stage) is linked to the person too. Please note this is a very busy area during working hours. Lots of stealth required!

 

 

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Chmmyr: Gur zvqqyr anzr vf abg bsgra frra va zrqvn, ohg rnfvyl sbhaq ba tbbtyr bapr lbh unir gur bgure gjb! Pnpur: Fgerrg Fvta

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)