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Icelandic High-Voltage Electrical Pylon Competition – Honorable Mention (2008) (choishine.com)
35 points by wslh on April 27, 2014 | hide | past | favorite | 9 comments


This isn't real, these have not been built.


Sorry, I posted it thinking they were real. I changed the title.


I guess this architect forgot the Quebec 1998 ice storm when towers collapsed in a cascading effect and were rebuilt with 'anti-cascading safety towers'. It would also be impossible to climb these and maintain them safely but they look awesome


"Award Winner: 2010 Boston Society of Architects Unbuilt Architecture"


All of these designs will require extensive guying, but most of the illustrations omit the needed guy cables. I suspect in reality these things would require more material and be far uglier (IMO) then the standard un-guyed designs in use today.


The third and fourth figures clearly show the guy-wires.


Are these real? They look like concept art.

Amazing concept anyways.


I'm from Iceland and I've never seen those. I saw these drawings a few years ago, but as far as I know... they're not being built.


Doesn't seem like many people would see them.




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