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  • Teufelsberg Posted by on April 23rd, 2010 at 10:26 pm
    Ominously nicknamed "Devils Mountain," Teufelsberg is what you imagine from Berlin, a city still showing the scars of the Cold War. The complex on top of Teufelsberg was a former U.S. listening post during the cold war and the hill itself was actually made from all the rubble of the city after Berlin's destruction during the Second World War. The hill covers a Nazi military technical college designed by Albert Speers which the Allies unsuccessfully tried to destroy, so instead they covered i...
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  • Walt Disney Concert Hall Posted by on January 21st, 2010 at 5:32 pm
    Its impossible to take a bad photograph of this building. Like some massive piece of sculpture standing in the middle of Downtown LA wasteland, an eerily empty world, it sits attempting to inspire. As a funny anecdote, I heard that because of its highly reflective surface the reflected light has significantly increased the air conditioning of adjacent buildings and now they are attempting to sue the City for damages.... ...
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  • Evolver Posted by on January 6th, 2010 at 7:57 am
    Evolver is a wooden pavilion built by students from the ALICE Studio at Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland. When you walk through it, you’ll make a 720° turn and have an amazing panorama on the surroundings of Zermatt. This project certainly show the potential of student design build projects. Found at www.todayandtomorrow.net Embed code: ...
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