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Glass observation tower in Koi pond

November 6, 2011 @ 9:41 pm

Screw waterfalls and pretty rocks, this glass tower filled with water is the best thing any koi pond can have. It’s good for the fish and for the viewers!

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BNKR’s Earthscraper: a 300-meter tower that goes into the ground

September 29, 2011 @ 2:25 pm

Click image to enlarge Amazing! BNKR’s Earthscraper is what a skyscraper would look like if it were built upside-down inside the earth. The proposed tower for Mexico City would essentially extend about 300 meters into the earth with bridges spanning … Continue reading →

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The design of the Bank of America Tower

September 6, 2011 @ 8:27 am

One Bryant Park is the location of the Bank of America Tower, a skyscraper completed in 2008 by Cook+Fox Architects and the very first commercial tower to ever get LEED Platinum certification. I bike past this tower several times weekly … Continue reading →

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The CN Tower EdgeWalk

July 30, 2011 @ 11:50 pm

Wow, ballsy. Toronto’s CN Tower is apparently now offering visitors the chance to literally walk atop the tower with no safety barriers or walls in their way. The only thing keeping you from falling onto the city below is a … Continue reading →

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Water towers in Ireland by James Young

April 29, 2011 @ 11:50 am

Taking some obvious cues from legendary photographers Bernd & Hilla Becher, a photographer named James Young has gone around Ireland and photographed a bunch of water towers in the same straight-on styles seen in Water Towers. [via] BLDGBLOG has some … Continue reading →

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Walking out onto the ledge of a 900-foot tower

November 10, 2010 @ 8:59 pm

Scary, that’s all I can say. Thanks Corey!

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