just putting it out there, that building looks REALLY unstable.
It does look unstable but It isn’t really, if you think about the forces acting on it, if it was to have lateral force applied to it in any one direction it would be braced by the 90 degree angle of the other section, .It’s weakest point would be at the bend in the bridge, if force was applied there diagnaly away from the two legs, that’s where it would most likely fail, but the angle that the two legs rise up at would prevent it from falling over.
i drove by that thing in January, it wasn’t finished, but it was f***ing gigantic. Those pictures don’t do it justice. It is insane the amount of building going on in Beijing. High-rises going up everywhere you turn your head.
beth said: There will always be a place for this in my heart!
+ a million
seriously?
beans soo weak
The bean means so much more than a shiny piece of metal in the heart of ChiTown...thats where the love of my life (who later was dumped) took me on our first date in chicago...its monumental!
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andrE w. said 4 months ago
what the hell, they talked about like 5 different buildings and there is only a little 100 pixel picture, lamee.
MykeCatastrophic said 4 months ago
Well yeah that part is lame, but you have to admit it’s pretty amazing.
LitoQ said 4 months ago
pretty effin sweet
andrE w. said 4 months ago
i wanna see the birds nest! the buildings definitely sounds sweet.
LitoQ said 4 months ago
Birds nest:
WAY better shot: http://www.bjghw.gov.cn/forNationalStadium/b11/xiaoguo/302.jpg
the egg:
the water cube:
Derisory Designs said 4 months ago
all those pics are computer renderings but yeah it does look like it will be really sweet, especially the birds nest
Time Without the E said 4 months ago
i saw a house that grosw in a large tree and the walls actually grow with the tree. everything in the house is organic
LitoQ said 4 months ago
this one?
...sorry you guy got to the kid in me... I always wanted to be an architect and make crazy sick stuff like the waterfall house
Simply Complicated said 4 months ago
They did make some amazing things for the olympics im not going to lie
beth said 4 months ago
sittingduck said 4 months ago
"bite my shiny metal ass"
-bender
apparently these people would rather enter it.
greens said 4 months ago
stuff like this is why i am an engineering major
Greg said 4 months ago
Good call !!
hideouscarwreck said 4 months ago
+ a million
andrE w. said 4 months ago
seriously?
beans soo weak
edgillustrator said 4 months ago
just putting it out there, that building looks REALLY unstable.
Derisory Designs said 4 months ago
It does look unstable but It isn’t really, if you think about the forces acting on it, if it was to have lateral force applied to it in any one direction it would be braced by the 90 degree angle of the other section, .It’s weakest point would be at the bend in the bridge, if force was applied there diagnaly away from the two legs, that’s where it would most likely fail, but the angle that the two legs rise up at would prevent it from falling over.
brett_district said 4 months ago
i drove by that thing in January, it wasn’t finished, but it was f***ing gigantic. Those pictures don’t do it justice. It is insane the amount of building going on in Beijing. High-rises going up everywhere you turn your head.
Derisory Designs said 4 months ago
Dubai is doing some insane stuff right now too:
http://www.fahad.com/pics/dubai_rotating_building_1_lrg.jpg
thats an illustration of the same building at different times of day. each floor will be built to rotate independently from the others.
http://img133.imageshack.us/img133/8743/trumphoteldubai4pd.jpg
when finished that will be the tallest building in the world.
it’s an absolutely amazing city for architecture, just don’t get caught with drugs or have sex with someone you aren’t married to!
doublej said 4 months ago
Whys everyone hating on the bean! that shit rules.
beth said 4 months ago
The bean means so much more than a shiny piece of metal in the heart of ChiTown...thats where the love of my life (who later was dumped) took me on our first date in chicago...its monumental!