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Looking like a hedgehog with over 60,000 7.5m-long transparent acrylic rods shooting out of the building, the United Kingdom Pavilion will debut at the Shanghai World Expo. The cost? Only about $40 Million. Aside from impaling skydivers, the revolutionary structure is expected to host almost 250,000 people a day.
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i had to double take on this one
that is just about fucking cool
looks like a tribble… hope it doesn’t begin multiplying…
That’s the trouble with Tribbles.
Star trek quotes are hot…Ds9 or original i would wonder….trouble with trombloids.
Ah man….. You missed out the biggest and most important feature of this building… Its actually a “seed library”. Which explains picture 7.
Encased within each acrylic rod is a seed. So in the event a particular species is extinct, they can re-germinate them…!
That’s so freakin awesome! I think it would be so much cooler if they put herb seeds on each with soil packed in, so when it rains, it look like a giant chia pet.
…I dunno, we’re putting a lot of faith in some future generation that on onehand causes an extinction but then also has the as-of-yet-undiscovered ability to remove a fragile seed from acrylic encasement, or gives a shit to….hey R2D2, do you remember where we put those acrylic shafts?
and a lot of faith that whatever gets used to wipe out the plants won’t also blow this building straight to hell, which would make this building a epic waste of time.
collest looking building in the world!
for some reason I would be afraid of the bathrooms in that building
Bloody brilliant!
Huh? I’m confused. What’s the purpose…sit on a bench, drop acid and enjoy?
It’s England’s pavillion at this year’s World Expo in Shanghai.
uhhhh cool i guess. but whats the point?
Where is the door?
You’ll have to put that thing far from any trees. Imagine cleaning fallen leaves from it. :O
All I see is a BOATLOAD of power washing/dusting. Yeah cool…kinda…but the real purpose is what? Making it just because we can? We could do what with the $40 million? Save a lot more than 60,000 seeds. Doing the math on that, it comes out to $666.67 per seed…hmmm…coincidence? Just sayin’…
WYYYYYYYYYYYYKOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOPPPPPPPPPPP KUUUUUUUUUUURRRRRRRRRRWWWWWWWWWWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA PPPPPPPPPPOOOOOOOOOOOOLLLLLSKKKKKKKKKKKKKAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLKKKKKOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHOOOOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLLLSSSSSSSSSSSSKKKKKKKKKAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
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Thx for sharing.
This is actually a prototype time machine that is disguised as an art deco piece.
Big waste of money.
looks like it will be good to skate.
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That is the most stupidest piece of architecture ever. 40mil? those designers need to go hang themselves for being so lame.
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That's insane!
it's the new denver international airport.