This is yet another post where a person had gathered a few amazing pictures of some beautiful bridges, and another person had added a few spans, and I found that some real interesting bridges/shots where missing. So here they are… a number of spans that are just great looking.
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As house prices continue to soar, buying a property for £20,000 might seem like a bargain.
But, although this home sounds cheap, it is actually Britain’s most expensive property based on size – costing the equivalent of £80billion per square metre. That’s because the four-room property is only as big as a full stop.
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The small size of Japanese living space is legendary - but Tokyo architecture proves to be a marvel of miniaturization
“Don’t expect too much from my apartment…it’s a glorified portapotty, basically”. So Lindy warned me in an email just before I arrived in Tokyo to visit her. This I could cope with - whether Lindy could [...]
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When giant transportation projects are built, there is a tendency for there to be over-runs. Politicians sell them at a certain cost and when it goes over, go oops. But in most cases once started they actually finish, even if they change in scope. But Cincinnati has one that is extensively built, [...]
A Richly-textured world, rarely seen in the West
Tehran and surrounding area. (click to enlarge)
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For the most part Soviet architecture and design is remembered for its heavy block buildings and functionally Spartan designs. Its overpowering desire for conformity left little room for individual creative freedom. A notable exceptions to this is in the transportation sector. One can admire this creativity in the Metro stations of cities like Moscow [...]
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I love the shows on HGTV and TLC that talks about strange homes. In some cases I look at them and wish I was the one that owned the house. Other times I look at the houses and wonder what the people where thinking. These “houses” go more into that area. [...]
Urban Cactus is a housing project in the Vuurplaat section of Rotterdam by UCX Architects / Ben Huygen and Jasper Jaegers and done for Vestia Rotterdam Feijenoord/Estrade Projecten.
Due to its siting at the end of harbor, the architects chose to conceptualize the project as belonging to the “green nerve” rather than the surrounding urban structure.
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You can see it as a ship in a giant bottle. After 50 years of exhibition in a dry dock, the 135-year-old Greenwhich racing tea clipper begins to fall apart. For this piece of history, a little youth bath would be very welcomed. But restoring the structure is a dilemma. Whether it’s kept out of [...]
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U2’s Irish Tower
Bono and the boys are finally getting the ivory tower they deserve.
The Irish rock band is teaming up with Dublin, Ireland’s Docklands Development Authority to create the U2 Tower. The 450 foot twisting tower will be the tallest structure in the city. The majority of the tower will consist of two-bedroom apartments [...]
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