Taisei Corporation has developed a new method of demolishing buildings which involves taking it floor by floor, gradually making their way to the ground. The company is using its Ecological Reproduction System (Tecorep) to lower the 140 meters (459.3 feet) Grand Prince Hotel Akasaka, Tokyo building to the ground. Watch the video below.
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Timeless Dreams
Photographer Julian Tryba and Michael Sutton have been working on a new time-lapse technique called “layer-lapse.” By showing different regions of a scene at different points in time, a layer lapse takes us through a trippy, psychedelic visual ride. In the video below, both photographer have traveled through Utah, Arizona, Nevada, and California to capture… Continue reading Timeless Dreams
World’s Longest Glass Suspension Bridge
It’s called Haohan Qiao, Brave Men’s Bridge in English. The 300-meter-long (984 feet) structure is now officially the longest glass suspension bridge in the world. The glass walkway suspended a stomach-flipping 180 meters (590 feet) above ground, hanging between two cliffs at Hunan’s Shiniuzhai National Geological Park in south china. The bridge was originally made of wood, but engineers began… Continue reading World’s Longest Glass Suspension Bridge
Los Angeles Hyperlapse
Photographer Vadim Tereshchenko created a Hyperlapse/Timelapse of the beautiful city of Los Angeles. The video was shot at different times of the day over a period of two years. Watch the video below.
Satlapse: Bird’s-Eye Aerial Time Lapse Cinematography
UK-based photographer Jamie Brightmore posted a time-lapse video of a bird’s-eye aerial footage taken with a DJI Phantom 2 drone hovering about 400 feet off the ground above London. The video is part of a new technique called “Satlapse”, developed by Brightmore, which appears to look like a high resolution satellite image.
Kuwait City in Time-Lapse
Photographer Aidan Brooks created a time-lapse of the beautiful city of Kuwait. The video was shot back in March over a period of 6 days. The video below is available in 4k resolution.
Kuwait Beyond Your Eyes
Miguel Alves da Costa and Nawaf Alshuraian has created a spectacular hyperlapse time-lapse video of the most beautiful places in Kuwait, and in my opinion it doesn’t get any better than this. The video perfectly captures everything that makes Kuwait so amazing, and the visuals, well, they’ll blow you away.
World’s Largest Glass Walkway Opens in China
The horseshoe-shaped glass walkway in Chongqing extends 87.5ft from the edge of a cliff, allowing visitors to feel as though they are walking on air with the valley floor 2,350ft below their feet. Located in the Longgang National Geological Park in south-west China, the bridge has been named Yuanduan, meaning ‘at the end of the… Continue reading World’s Largest Glass Walkway Opens in China