A grave disrupts work on a huge building site after a family refused the $160,000 as compensation to have it moved. Builders laying the foundation for a massive residential complex in China found they were facing a particularly grave problem after being forced to build around a tomb This bizarre incident reminded me of elderly Chinese couple who refused to allow their homes to… Continue reading Skyscraper Built Around Grave in China
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Tiger-Stone: The Brick Road Laying Machine
Tiger-Stone is a Dutch made paving machine that uses gravity and an electric motor to print stone and brick roads. It’s a six meter wide machine that is capable of laying 300 square meters of road a day. The printing width is adjustable from the width of a road to as narrow as a bike lane… Continue reading Tiger-Stone: The Brick Road Laying Machine
House in Middle of Road Demolished
Remember last week the house that stood in the middle of the road? Now the house has been demolished after the owner agreed to sell on Saturday. Watch the video below.
A House in the Middle of the Road
Well, that’s quite a story!! An elderly Chinese couple who refused to sell their home in Wenling, China, now lives in the middle of a road which the local government built and paved over their former village. They say that compensation offered is not enough to cover rebuilding costs. And their house is the only building left standing on… Continue reading A House in the Middle of the Road
The Book Mountain Library in the Netherlands
Rotterdam-based MVRDV has recently completed a beautiful architectural design “Book mountain and Library Quarter” located in the market square of Spijkenisse, Netherlands. The library features bookshelves enclosed in a glass pyramid, with the platforms connected via wide stairs to form a continuous route of 480 meters around the mountain to its peak where a cafe offers panoramic views over the town. Underneath… Continue reading The Book Mountain Library in the Netherlands
Inside Volkswagen’s Parking Lot Towers at Autostadt
The two gleaming glass towers of Volkswagen‘s Autostadt are one of the main visitors attraction in Wolfsburg, Germany and it attracts around 2 million visitors every year. The 16 stories vertical parking lot towers are composed of glass and galvanized steel, illuminated by night. Visitors can view the cars from a glass cabin that climbs through the towers. The facility is used… Continue reading Inside Volkswagen’s Parking Lot Towers at Autostadt
Striking Rooftop Pool
This rooftop pool and its glass wall makes you feel that you’re swimming in space high above street level. The pool is in one of the first true designer hotel in Dallas, The Joule. The hotel is a restored 1920s Neo-Gothic building that was built in 1927 as the Dallas National Bank Building.
The World’s First Mobile Apartment Building
This three-story 9,300-square-foot apartment building weighs 220 tons and is 40-foot high. It also moves. In fact, it’s the first building in the world that can be moved anywhere. It’s also earthquake resistant. The steel-framed building was moved to a waterfront location in Turku, Finland earlier this month. Neapo the company that built and moved the building,… Continue reading The World’s First Mobile Apartment Building