The main span of the Hardanger Bridge is 1,310 meters (4297.9 ft) – 20 metres longer than the Golden Gate Bridge of San Francisco. This makes the bridge the longest in Norway and 9th longest in the world.
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Norway Sky Bridge - The Hardanger Bridge
The main span of the Hardanger Bridge is 1,310 meters (4297.9 ft) – 20 metres longer than the Golden Gate Bridge of San Francisco. This makes the bridge the longest in Norway and 9th longest in the world.
Unusual Fairytale Castle In Germany
in the south of the German federal state of North Rhine - Westphalia is
an amazing castle, striking beauty and sophistication of its facadesCastle is a prime example Drahenburg Gothic architectural style, very popular in the late nineteenth century
Fully Transparent House In Tokyo
Japanese company Sou Foujimoto Architects designed this unbelievable building on the request of their clients, a young couple with no children from Tokyo.
Located on a small side street in a very lively and ‘hip’ part of Tokyo, the 85 sq. m (914 sq. ft.) house has 21 individual floor plates arranged at different levels above the ground. The plumbing facilities are located in the thick wall at the rear of the building. Whenever the owners want some privacy, they simply draw the curtains to hide from the outer world.
Imaginative Architecture : The Fiction Series By Photographer Filip Dujardin.
above: one of Filip Dujardin's architecture composite photographs
World’s Most Impressive Pyramid-Shaped Structures
Perhaps the world’s most popular pyramid is the Great Pyramid of Giza, a pyramid built in the ancient time as burial place for King Khufu.
It is one of the grandest structures of ancient period and was regarded as one of the “Seven Wonders of the World”. As a matter of fact, it is the only surviving wonder of the ancient world.
Amazing Self Made Palace
Seven Strange Yet Sustainable House Designs
1. House made out of recycled shipping containers.
What do you think of living in a ship? It is not a joke, there is a house made of recycled shipping containers. No need to worry about the common amenities, because you can get all the conveniences in this house. Here, the doors and windows are wide and you can get proper ventilation also. A well maintained kitchen is also present. Moreover, the cost is less compared to the traditional cost of a normal house. Nearly 12 shipping containers are used for building this house. So this is strong enough to stay. So, definitely it is worth buying.
A container house.A house made of recycled containers.
Amazing ING Headquarter Building - Amsterdam
Amsterdam headquarters of ING or a "boot-house" how it's
usually called due to its shape is one of the most expensive
buildings in the Netherlands. it was built in 2001 under the project of
Meyer en Van Schooten studio.
The Secret Cities of Yemen
Yemen has been in the news a great deal recently – because of the civil unrest there. Yet little attention has been paid to the country itself – particularly its rich and surprising architectural heritage. So little known outside the country this remarkable architecture has survived hundreds of years. Take a look at the secret cities of Yemen.
Amazing Cube Houses Design
Cube houses are a set of innovative houses built in Rotterdam and Helmond in The Netherlands, designed by architect Piet Blom and based on the concept of "living as an urban roof": high density housing with sufficient space on the ground level. Blom tilted the cube of a conventional house 45 degrees, and rested it upon a hexagon-shaped pylon. His design represents a village within a city, where each house represents a tree, and all the houses together, a forest.
World's Thinest House
There are skinny houses. And then there is Jakub Szczęsny's Keret House, which could make Calista Flockhart look like a fatty. At its most generous, the proposed place, in Warsaw, Poland, will clock in at 4 feet wide. At its narrowest, it'll be just 28 inches wide -- thinner than the average doorway. And we complain about our sardine can in New York...
The house (officially an "art installation," because it doesn't meet Polish building code) is slated to fill a crack between a pair of buildings in Warsaw's Wola district. When construction's finished in December, it'll be the thinnest house in Warsaw and possibly the whole world. We did a quick Google search and couldn't find anything leaner.
Szczęsny designed the house to be a work space and home for Israeli writer Etgar Keret. It'll also be a "studio for invited guests -- young creators and intellectualists from all over the world." If, that is, they're willing to drop half their body weight to fit inside.
Szczęsny designed the house to be a work space and home for Israeli writer Etgar Keret. It'll also be a "studio for invited guests -- young creators and intellectualists from all over the world." If, that is, they're willing to drop half their body weight to fit inside.
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