Monday, September 29, 2008

Le Projet Triangle: The Most Ambitious Architectural Design Ever




Le Project Triangle is to be completed by 2014 in the Porte de Versailles area in Paris, its most impressive feature is that, according to the architects, it won't cast shadows on adjacent buildings. The trick is the orientation and its shape: While it looks like a massive pyramid from one side, the other side shows that it really is an ultra-thin triangle resembling a shark's fin:
Architects Herzog & de Meuron say that their stunning structure's shape will also allow for "optimum solar and wind power generation."

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