The Ark near Amsterdam

ABC News: Ark-itecture

BBC: specifications

• 1/5 original size
• 30 miles north of Amsterdam
• sailing in September
• constructed with American cendar and Norwegian pine
• will carry horses, sheep, chickens and rabbits—mostly baby animals to save space
• Total cost: just under 1m euros ($1.2 million)
• visitors needed to break even: 100,000
• Builder: Johan Huibers, 47

Interesting to note is the Bryan College Administration building is built to the actual size of the original ark.