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Posts tagged ‘structure’

Richat Structure in the Sahara Desert

May 20, 2013

Richat Structure in the Sahara Desert

The Richat Structure in the Sahara Desert of Mauritania is clearly visible from space because it is nearly 50 kilometers across. Previously thought to be an impact crater, the flat middle and lack of shock-altered rock indicates otherwise.

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First Ecologic Airliner

January 31, 2013

First Ecologic Airliner

This is the first Ecologic Airliner by designer Daphnis Fournier, using an inflatable structure and photovoltaic panels to collect solar power.

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Cocoon Tree tent

October 23, 2012

Cocoon Tree tent

The Cocoon Tree is a hanging spherical tent, with  aluminum  structure, covered with a resistant tarpaulin, suspended above the ground.

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Neutrino Hunter- second largest manmade Structure

December 19, 2011

KM3Net neutrino detector

A structure that will soar taller than the Burj Khalifa and lay claim to being the second-largest structure ever built in the history of mankind, right after the Great Wall of China.

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Suspended Structure

June 22, 2011

Suspended

Janet Echelman builds living, breathing sculpture environments that respond to the forces of nature — wind, water and light— and become inviting focal points for civic life.
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Edifice Sphere skyscraper

June 12, 2011

Edifice Sphere

This magnificent structure is called the Edifice Sphere. The concept Spherical skyscraper by EQUIP Xavier Claramunt, is a hundred stories tall structure, but instead of being a tower, it is actually a sphere within a sphere.
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Mysterious structure on the surface of Mars

June 9, 2011

Mars

David Martines an American ‘armchair astronaut’ claims to have discovered a mysterious structure on the surface of the red planet – by looking on Google earth.

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Leviathan by Anish Kapoor

May 11, 2011

LeviathanLivithian, a giant art structure by British artist Anish Kapoor, is unveiled in Paris’ Grand Palais ahead of an exhibition which opens next Wednesday. The 37-meter high red tinted structure aims to engulf and overwhelm.
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Holmenkollen ski jump

February 25, 2011

ski jumpThe ‘holmenkollen ski jump’ by JDS architects has been completed and is to be the host of the 2011 FIS Nordic World ski championships, running from 23 of February to 06 March, 2011 in Oslo, Norway.
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Sky Table

February 17, 2011

The Sky Table is a large horizontal building suspended above six blocks of an abandoned neighborhood of a generic city. Its primary structure is a steel mesh that peels into four colossal columns that connect to plazas and parks at street level.

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