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Bookmarks save entire pages...Clipmarks save the specific content that matters to you!en-ushttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/8702EC7F-C198-4562-8D1B-9640B0AF4BDB/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/hitchhiker08/">hitchhiker08</a><br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.odditycentral.com/pics/crown-fountain-a-wet-wonder.html" title="http://www.odditycentral.com/pics/crown-fountain-a-wet-wonder.html">www.odditycentral.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><DIV class="titlebg">Crown Fountain - A Wet Wonder</DIV></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">Designed by <STRONG>Spanish artist Jaume Plensa</STRONG>, the <STRONG>Crown Fountain </STRONG>is one of <STRONG>Chicago</STRONG>’s most popular landmarks. </div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/A78E86A7-09F5-42B9-8DEA-193903C90EEA.jpg" alt="magic_fountain.jpg" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">It’s made out of a black granite pool placed between two glass towers and it is covered with LEDs depicting faces of the residents of <STRONG>Chicago</STRONG> and natural sceneries. It is 50 meters high and when it was built, in 2004, it cost around 17 million dollars.</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/5AE7C792-6B4A-4F21-B426-655FF45AB488.jpg" alt="magic_fountain1.jpg" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/CBB7F5EF-6725-407E-AFD7-8E8FBA9EFBDA.jpg" alt="magic_fountain2.jpg" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">In the warm season the <STRONG>Crown Fountain </STRONG>provides entertainment especially for the children of the city who love getting soaked by the water coming out through two nozzles, that makes it seem like the face on the tower is spitting  it out. <STRONG></STRONG></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/A5DC8CF1-A92A-49A1-B016-F3981A3354E2.jpg" alt="magic_fountain3.jpg" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/24485233-FA2F-48B5-BE78-9E85B6AEC667.jpg" alt="magic_fountain4.jpg" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/76E3369C-D31B-49C3-B67B-0923E1A38A02.jpg" alt="magic_fountain5.jpg" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/77CB800A-C029-48DA-B170-8E8DE4810CD8.jpg" alt="magic_fountain7.jpg" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><STRONG>Crown Fountain</STRONG> is extremely popular among the residents of<STRONG> Chicago</STRONG> that come here to relax, enjoy themselves and have their pictures taken in hope that their face might end up on the fountain.</div></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/crown+fountain/" rel="tag">crown fountain</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/chicago/" rel="tag">chicago</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/architecture/" rel="tag">architecture</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/us/" rel="tag">us</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/water/" rel="tag">water</a></div>http://www.odditycentral.com/pics/crown-fountain-a-wet-wonder.htmlThu, 11 Sep 2008 14:54:35 GMThttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/55826D92-E818-4F47-9A08-EC8F3FEB2644/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/hitchhiker08/">hitchhiker08</a><br><b>clipper's remarks:</b> Amazing pads! <br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.oddee.com/item_96469.aspx" title="http://www.oddee.com/item_96469.aspx">www.oddee.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><H1 class="tit">10 Homes that Defy Gravity</H1></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><H3> <IMG hspace="3" align="absmiddle" src="http://www.oddee.com/_media/imgs/oddedge/top1.gif" /> Wozoco Apartments <SMALL>(Amsterdam-Osdorp, Netherlands)</SMALL></H3></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"> A zoning law and blueprint flub were the inspiration for this apartment complex. </div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/8C3EBEBA-0A84-48B9-8747-2B0F2CDCE481.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><H3> <IMG hspace="3" align="absmiddle" src="http://www.oddee.com/_media/imgs/oddedge/top2.gif" /> Floating Castle <SMALL>(Ukraine)</SMALL></H3></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/1059F216-CAE3-42FF-B449-A2D6943C08AA.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"> Supported by a single cantilever --and quite discussed at <A href="http://www.panoramio.com/user/13058/tags/kin-dza-dza">Panoramio</A>, this mysterious levitating farm house belongs in a sci-fi flick. </div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><H3> <IMG hspace="3" align="absmiddle" src="http://www.oddee.com/_media/imgs/oddedge/top3.gif" /> Habitat 67 <SMALL>(Montreal, Canada)</SMALL></H3></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/A81749A6-379D-4FAD-B5D9-C71125008453.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"> Apartments connect and stack like Lego blocks in Montreal's Habitat 67.</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><H3> <IMG hspace="3" align="absmiddle" src="http://www.oddee.com/_media/imgs/oddedge/top4.gif" /> Free Spirit Spheres <SMALL>(British Columbia, Canada)</SMALL></H3></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/56F86EF4-703B-43D7-B37B-51E457BDCC32.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"> Free Spirit Spheres can be hung from the trees as shown, making a tree house. </div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><H3> <IMG hspace="3" align="absmiddle" src="http://www.oddee.com/_media/imgs/oddedge/top5.gif" /> Cube House <SMALL>(Rotterdam, Netherlands)</SMALL></H3></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/586D112C-A3AC-4CF7-AAE6-7CA0A3F7CA2F.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"> Living in a tilted house is much easier than it looks—just ask the people living in these the Kijk-Kubus homes.</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><H3> <IMG hspace="3" align="absmiddle" src="http://www.oddee.com/_media/imgs/oddedge/top6.gif" /> Gangster's House <SMALL>(Archangelsk, Russia)</SMALL></H3></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/7585DFD5-E277-4219-A79E-068925C1FB7D.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">Russian gangster Nikolai Sutyagin’s home is certainly unusual.</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">begun in 1992 stands 13 floors, 144 feet high. </div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><H3> <IMG hspace="3" align="absmiddle" src="http://www.oddee.com/_media/imgs/oddedge/top7.gif" /> Mushroom House <SMALL>(Cincinnati, Ohio)</SMALL></H3></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/520F1940-0D34-41C2-A3E8-D7D344727FE6.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><H3> <IMG hspace="3" align="absmiddle" src="http://www.oddee.com/_media/imgs/oddedge/top8.gif" /> Upside-Down House <SMALL>(Syzmbark, Poland)</SMALL></H3></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/F57DA6AE-5B7B-4455-BC5E-78E535F658E0.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><H3> <IMG hspace="3" align="absmiddle" src="http://www.oddee.com/_media/imgs/oddedge/top9.gif" /> Pod House <SMALL>(New Rochelle, New York)</SMALL></H3></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/364C7DB6-723A-4DA5-9ED2-86A2527B283D.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><H3> <IMG hspace="3" align="absmiddle" src="http://www.oddee.com/_media/imgs/oddedge/top10.gif" /> Heliotrope Rotating House <SMALL>(Freiburg, Germany)</SMALL></H3></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/724AD5ED-684D-48B3-AAB6-ADE8A00C20FC.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/architecture/" rel="tag">architecture</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/gravtational+force/" rel="tag">gravtational force</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/apartments/" rel="tag">apartments</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/housing/" rel="tag">housing</a></div>http://www.oddee.com/item_96469.aspxSat, 23 Aug 2008 11:19:03 GMThttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/FBBBCA69-8F08-4DCD-A351-9E93D9D31EBC/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/hitchhiker08/">hitchhiker08</a><br><b>clipper's remarks:</b> Well...Its beautiful! <br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.odditycentral.com/pics/the-amazing-well-of-chand-baori.html" title="http://www.odditycentral.com/pics/the-amazing-well-of-chand-baori.html">www.odditycentral.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><DIV class="titlebg">The amazing well of Chand Baori</DIV></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">Built back in the 10th century, the incredible <STRONG>well of Chand Baori, India</STRONG> was a practical solution to the water problem in the area. The arid climate forced the locals to dig deep for a dependable water source, one that would last throughout an entire year.</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/FE7D3126-C347-4DBE-8463-9B25F29D057F.jpg" alt="chand_baori.jpg" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/F8F28D81-9492-4970-AABB-F817E129208E.jpg" alt="chand_baori1.jpg" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><STRONG>Chand Baori well</STRONG> is 30 meters deep, it has 13 floors and 3,500 steps. Legends say that ghosts build it in one night and that it has so many steps to make it impossible for someone to retrieve a coin once it’s been dropped in the well.</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/3D69A5E7-EF17-4B5E-B49E-DDA87FD5D01C.jpg" alt="chand_baori2.jpg" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/058CF0DD-4E3C-474B-AC49-CE1F6461E776.jpg" alt="chand_baori3.jpg" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/70305A84-FDDB-444C-8898-E18A97726401.jpg" alt="chand_baori4.jpg" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/2CAF2601-220F-4FDA-B2CE-BDA1793118A1.jpg" alt="chand_baori5.jpg" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/2A3134A2-47E8-4264-8D1D-B4A60BC2BBA1.jpg" alt="chand_baori6.jpg" /><br /></div><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chand_Baori&oldid=233041645" title="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chand_Baori&oldid=233041645">en.wikipedia.org</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><H1 class="firstHeading">Chand Baori</H1></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P><B>Chand Baori</B> is a famous <A title="Stepwell" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stepwell">stepwell</A> situated in the village Abhaneri near <A title="Jaipur" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaipur">Jaipur</A> in <A title="India" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India">Indian</A> state of <A title="Rajasthan" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajasthan">Rajasthan</A>.</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><DIV class="thumbinner"><A title="Chand Baori, in the village of Abhaneri near Bandikui, Rajasthan." class="image" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:ChandBaori.jpg"><IMG width="180" height="117" border="0" class="thumbimage" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/ChandBaori.jpg/180px-ChandBaori.jpg" alt="Chand Baori, in the village of Abhaneri near Bandikui, Rajasthan." /></A> <DIV class="thumbcaption"> <DIV class="magnify"><A title="Enlarge" class="internal" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:ChandBaori.jpg"><IMG width="15" height="11" alt="" src="http://en.wikipedia.org/skins-1.5/common/images/magnify-clip.png" /></A></DIV> Chand Baori, in the village of Abhaneri near <A title="Bandikui" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandikui">Bandikui</A>, <A title="Rajasthan" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajasthan">Rajasthan</A>.</DIV> </DIV></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>This step well is located opposite Harshat Mata Temple and is one of the deepest and largest step wells in India. It was built in 9th century and has 3500 narrow steps and 13 stories and is 100 feet deep.<SUP class="reference" id="cite_ref-0"><A title="" href="#cite_note-0">[1]</A></SUP><SUP class="reference" id="cite_ref-1"><A title="" href="#cite_note-1">[2]</A></SUP><SUP class="reference" id="cite_ref-2"><A title="" href="#cite_note-2">[3]</A></SUP><SUP class="reference" id="cite_ref-3"><A title="" href="#cite_note-3">[4]</A></SUP><SUP class="reference" id="cite_ref-4"><A title="" href="#cite_note-4">[5]</A></SUP></P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><H2><SPAN class="editsection">[<A title="Edit section: References" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chand_Baori&action=edit&section=1">edit</A>]</SPAN> <SPAN class="mw-headline">References</SPAN></H2></div></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/well/" rel="tag">well</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/architecture/" rel="tag">architecture</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/legend/" rel="tag">legend</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/ghosts/" rel="tag">ghosts</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/mystery/" rel="tag">mystery</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/jaipur/" rel="tag">jaipur</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/india/" rel="tag">india</a></div>http://www.odditycentral.com/pics/the-amazing-well-of-chand-baori.htmlWed, 20 Aug 2008 13:28:17 GMThttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/A9078F03-790B-4180-BF3B-BFDF15ADED92/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/hitchhiker08/">hitchhiker08</a><br><b>clipper's remarks:</b> 'Spectacular' is right - each city/location has its own mesmerizing charm! <br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://matadornights.com/the-worlds-most-spectacular-skylines/" title="http://matadornights.com/the-worlds-most-spectacular-skylines/">matadornights.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><H2 id="post-45"><A rel="bookmark" href="http://matadornights.com/the-worlds-most-spectacular-skylines/">The World’s Most Spectacular Skylines</A></H2></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>Something about the outline of a city against its clear, crisp sky stops us in our tracks and commands our attention. </P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>Below are staggeringly beautiful images where city meets sky all across the globe.</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">Miami, Florida, USA</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/7EAF3E71-D354-47EB-8368-02228E356172.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">Bangkok, Thailand </div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/25A9F1ED-B950-4652-8488-A3E030D2CAF1.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">Vancouver, British Columbia</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/23639DF3-2A1F-4DD0-B4D6-E07A312AAAF3.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">Republic Plaza, Singapore</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/5F5386FB-D34D-4D25-A10E-602CD2FD9616.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">Sydney, Australia</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/E737D29A-9C33-4816-920C-35BF93D89520.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">Shanghai, China </div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/6D7B042F-C41F-497F-88C1-715F4ED16418.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">London, England </div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/910299FB-1649-4C28-ABA2-99ABCB43DD3B.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">South Perth, Australia</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/173EAB09-FE2D-4CC0-BC3C-83FEF879CAF7.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">Cologne, Germany</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/8FCD4990-7D79-43BF-8BBC-4B4C5EB23E86.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">Graz, Austria </div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/8D32D995-8108-4897-B8AE-F6A1A1C3B652.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><A target="_blank" href="http://triggit.com/l?kt=5869&t=8518">Boston</A>, Massachusetts, USA</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/DAF22E10-29DE-49C2-9CBC-A59FCB9C6910.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">Hong Kong</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/C6AFE3D2-583D-4CC3-9BFC-AF7A7F3127B6.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">Detroit, Michigan</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/0B2B268B-1A89-47CC-B56C-44E6253BA657.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">Berlin, Germany</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/B902251D-3766-42C9-B3A7-83403534F873.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">Venice, Italy </div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/97E5E21C-4D55-4046-BF01-C8BE82C86605.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">New York, New York, USA</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/5B897FF3-87E4-4B57-8E38-A84B673FD277.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">Warsaw, Poland</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/C632805A-696B-4390-81CB-5C5EFAF07CEE.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">San Francisco, California, USA</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/61FC781D-0D00-4B9D-8F25-5EC392BD3384.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/skyline/" rel="tag">skyline</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/horizon/" rel="tag">horizon</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/architecture/" rel="tag">architecture</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/photography/" rel="tag">photography</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/landscape/" rel="tag">landscape</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/buildings/" rel="tag">buildings</a></div>http://matadornights.com/the-worlds-most-spectacular-skylines/Wed, 20 Aug 2008 07:04:50 GMThttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/712CD20F-C194-4E56-9C87-DFAE0E5C003E/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/hitchhiker08/">hitchhiker08</a><br><b>clipper's remarks:</b> Beautiful! <br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.toxel.com/inspiration/2008/08/01/creative-architecture-from-iceland/" title="http://www.toxel.com/inspiration/2008/08/01/creative-architecture-from-iceland/">www.toxel.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><H2><A title="Creative Architecture from Iceland" rel="bookmark" href="http://www.toxel.com/inspiration/2008/08/01/creative-architecture-from-iceland/">Creative Architecture from Iceland</A></H2></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/E3CFFDBE-307B-46A3-BD89-1617499321D0.jpg" alt="Creative Architecture from Iceland" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>According to Wikipedia, Iceland is a country in northern Europe, comprising the island of Iceland and its outlying islets in the North Atlantic Ocean between the rest of Europe and Greenland.</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/A0A15587-3CBD-48D5-BFCF-C6CC744C1F55.jpg" alt="Creative Architecture from Iceland 2" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>What is less known about Iceland is its creative architecture. Almost every building in Iceland is a work of art. Check out these awesome photos that one of our writers brought back from his recent trip to Europe.</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/4EB377C9-2D04-4BDA-8A36-53C51FDCCC8E.jpg" alt="Creative Architecture from Iceland 3" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/153A31D4-20DA-4A0F-98E6-7E01C52B22A8.jpg" alt="Creative Architecture from Iceland 4" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/DC48001A-248F-4BDB-B0AD-5B25811AAFCE.jpg" alt="Creative Architecture from Iceland 5" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/B6A7593B-21CC-4EFF-95EF-D556C00E22C1.jpg" alt="Creative Architecture from Iceland 6" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/9B0FFD39-B9BF-466E-9BF0-FDA00F84218A.jpg" alt="Creative Architecture from Iceland 7" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/3DB32AF7-5732-4857-848E-2F138BD9C327.jpg" alt="Creative Architecture from Iceland 8" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/3DDA221A-92D9-460A-8897-F3F056547F09.jpg" alt="Creative Architecture from Iceland 9" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/5B7E9128-58B6-4DA2-AD7A-D865B2A969EF.jpg" alt="Creative Architecture from Iceland 10" /><br /></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/architecture/" rel="tag">architecture</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/iceland/" rel="tag">iceland</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/reykjavik/" rel="tag">reykjavik</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/north+atlantic+ocean/" rel="tag">north atlantic ocean</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/islets/" rel="tag">islets</a></div>http://www.toxel.com/inspiration/2008/08/01/creative-architecture-from-iceland/Tue, 05 Aug 2008 10:05:16 GMThttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/91ED18EE-7DA6-4E38-8EF0-FF05F3566517/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/hitchhiker08/">hitchhiker08</a><br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://weburbanist.com/2008/05/16/12-compelling-monuments-dedicated-to-peace-reversing-the-typology-of-the-war-memorial/" title="http://weburbanist.com/2008/05/16/12-compelling-monuments-dedicated-to-peace-reversing-the-typology-of-the-war-memorial/">weburbanist.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><H2>12 Compelling Monuments Dedicated to Peace: Reversing the Typology of the War Memorial</H2></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P><IMG width="468" height="334" alt="" src="http://weburbanist.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/memorials-and-monuments.jpg" title="memorials-and-monuments" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1060" /><BR /> <EM>“Peace is always beautiful” - Walt Whitman</EM></P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">Humans really know how to commemorate their fallen and the <A href="http://weburbanist.com/2008/05/08/12-monuments-dedicated-to-wars-and-their-aftermath/" title="monuments dedicated to war">incredible monuments dedicated to war</A> stand as evidence. </div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/26678F0D-6D92-4B47-81BA-4ABB12AC1CB2.jpg" alt="Hiroshima Atomic Bomb Dome" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><STRONG>Hiroshima Peace Memorial</STRONG></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">also known as the <STRONG>Atomic Bomb Dome</STRONG> (Gembaku Dome in Japanese) is part of the <A target="_blank" href="http://www.pcf.city.hiroshima.jp/top_e.html">Hiroshima Peace Memorial Par</A><A target="_blank" href="http://www.pcf.city.hiroshima.jp/top_e.html">k</A></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/CFDE3782-52D4-421A-87B4-1E232B1C1124.jpg" alt="Peace Monument in Washington D.C." /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><STRONG>Peace Monument in Washington D.C.</STRONG></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">built between 1877 and 1878</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/DF9C7E6E-F295-4AC0-A08A-92ECD9CC3E02.jpg" alt="Friedensengel Peace Angel in Munich" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><STRONG>Friedensengel is a Peace Angel</STRONG></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">The gilded figure is <A target="_blank" href="http://travel.yahoo.com/p-travelguide-2780431-friedensengel_munich-i">an allegory</A> portraying Athena, the goddess of wisdom and peace,</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/F4A44326-285A-4DCD-A048-D99E1B26E6B9.jpg" alt="Mohyla Miru peace monument" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><STRONG>Mohyla Míru or the Cairn of Peace</STRONG></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><A target="_blank" href="http://www.czech360.com/prace/mohyla-miru-delo">memorial near the Prace village</A> in the Czech Republic</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/726EF60A-AA7E-4FBF-9348-08FF57074320.jpg" alt="Shrine Peace Monument Toronto" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><STRONG>Shrine Peace Monument</STRONG></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">on Toronto’s lakeshore, faces southerly toward the United States and the Niagara River (part of the border between Ontario and the New York state)</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/15058AD0-AD10-4203-9063-0F38FCD6925C.jpg" alt="Shanti Stupa Leh India" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><STRONG>Shanti Stupa</STRONG></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">peace pagoda built in 1980 on top of a hill in Leh city, India, at 12,000 feet above the sea level.</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/A5912198-8D44-43E8-B5FE-49E94D41FE27.jpg" alt="World Peace Bell in Newport" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><STRONG>World Peace Bell</STRONG></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/8D3F931A-CCCE-4266-9DC8-27CB741F53A2.jpg" alt="Wall for Peace in Paris" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><STRONG>Wall for Peace</STRONG></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/8C3F359F-EF72-4EF8-A874-FDFA6571F3A9.jpg" alt="Peace Tower of Saint Petersburg" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><A target="_blank" href="http://www.wallforpeace.com/tour.html">he Peace Tower of Saint Petersburg</A>.</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/B9951EB7-17D0-4C17-A644-A5E8DCA3CF94.jpg" alt="Reconciliation Memorial in Ottawa" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><A target="_blank" href="http://www.ottawakiosk.com/peacekeeping_monument.html">Peacekeeping Monument</A> </div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/FE6BB4BF-9942-40F1-A503-E9728B325FE5.jpg" alt="London Peace Pagoda - Battersea Park" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/3B13CB9A-ACB9-439E-8530-131F60604BB0.jpg" alt="Peace Arch, South Vancouver" /><br /></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/peace/" rel="tag">peace</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/war/" rel="tag">war</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/monuments/" rel="tag">monuments</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/architecture/" rel="tag">architecture</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/battle/" rel="tag">battle</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/memorial/" rel="tag">memorial</a></div>http://weburbanist.com/2008/05/16/12-compelling-monuments-dedicated-to-peace-reversing-the-typology-of-the-war-memorial/Fri, 23 May 2008 17:49:49 GMThttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/94484006-C220-474E-AD82-77C80E63DE05/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/hitchhiker08/">hitchhiker08</a><br><b>clipper's remarks:</b> Gasp! <br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://features.cgsociety.org/story_custom.php?story_id=4490" title="http://features.cgsociety.org/story_custom.php?story_id=4490">features.cgsociety.org</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/F9E422B4-F085-465C-9C41-54FFD281705D.jpg" alt="Artspace Winners" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/1BB2BB59-6E0B-43E4-9DEE-581E86894530.jpg" alt="1st" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">Complex at the Centre of the Universe” depicts a truly monumental complex at the centre of an ocean spanning seascape.</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><STRONG>Staszek wins 1st Prize:</STRONG></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"> Two NVIDIA Quadro FX 5500 cards and a one week ‘all inclusive' holiday valued at US$10,000.</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/A317B8CD-E438-46A6-B147-48A2585422D5.jpg" alt="2nd " /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><STRONG>Judges comments</STRONG></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"> ‘The Great Bayan’ implemented a full spectrum of virtues. Its design is incredible, yet retains a semblance of practical feasibility.</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><STRONG>Sergey wins 2nd Prize: </STRONG></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"> NVIDIA Quadro FX 5500 and a US$500 American Express Gift Card.</div></div><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://features.cgsociety.org/story_custom.php?story_id=4490&page=2" title="http://features.cgsociety.org/story_custom.php?story_id=4490&page=2">features.cgsociety.org</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/FD454929-6E99-4D2A-B351-12F7DF3D5489.jpg" alt="3rd" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><STRONG>Judges comments</STRONG></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">Mega Village 2108’ embodies what I think of as a true fusion of architecture and landscape, without resulting to recreating architecture dressed as landscape or borrowing its forms</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><STRONG>Andrew wins 3rd Prize: </STRONG></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"> A NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500 and a US$500 American Express Gift Card.</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/15E7921B-6954-4E20-964F-06C06BBC0332.jpg" alt="honourable mentions" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/CEA261DC-6FD6-4D15-983A-5127622578A9.jpg" alt="image1" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/A8C9FDFF-4E68-46C4-8560-658D77456EDB.jpg" alt="image2" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/9D3205E9-F5AA-45E3-BE8A-BBF8CE42872E.jpg" alt="image3" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/877E373A-D873-4289-AE4B-ACDC6730685C.jpg" alt="image4" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/60D12E2B-0863-42EF-883A-300FEBB9F80C.jpg" alt="image5" /><br /></div><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://features.cgsociety.org/story_custom.php?story_id=4490&page=3" title="http://features.cgsociety.org/story_custom.php?story_id=4490&page=3">features.cgsociety.org</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/CAE757A9-B2B1-440D-85A8-5ACE4701D37C.jpg" alt="image6" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/67FC2529-FFE3-4D1B-AE96-DEFBEB8C7BD5.jpg" alt="image7" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/1360367B-AB2A-4A35-BAAF-10F5AEC96125.jpg" alt="image8" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/36AD5EEF-20BF-4E21-8C52-59D74DE049D3.jpg" alt="image9" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/705A7E40-2636-47CA-B2E5-B3D95BFA447D.jpg" alt="image10" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/1CCFA9BC-002A-40FB-88C1-C35231956E24.jpg" alt="image11" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/42211C6E-FD38-4E7A-8838-AFAAC8D0A8D3.jpg" alt="image12" /><br /></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/architecture/" rel="tag">architecture</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/design/" rel="tag">design</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/digital+design/" rel="tag">digital design</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/cadd/" rel="tag">cadd</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/art/" rel="tag">art</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/structural+engineering/" rel="tag">structural engineering</a></div>http://features.cgsociety.org/story_custom.php?story_id=4490Fri, 13 Jun 2008 07:18:09 GMThttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/4DA6217D-0ABE-425F-B990-7A05B3EC0339/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/hitchhiker08/">hitchhiker08</a><br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.wackyarchives.com/bizarre/new-architectural-direction-gypsy-castles.html" title="http://www.wackyarchives.com/bizarre/new-architectural-direction-gypsy-castles.html">www.wackyarchives.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">New Architectural Direction: Gypsy Castles</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">In Romania, 2% of the population is represented by gypsies. They came to Eastern Europe centuries ago, as slaves. They settled in Europe after escaping slavery, but now they are Europe’s <A target="_blank" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4486245.stm">most hated</A> minority. While some go to countries such as England or Italy to beg, others in Romania used their fortune of unknown origins to build huge palaces. In this example, we will take a look at probably one of the tackiest homes we’ve seen, one located in Cluj Napoca, Romania</div></div><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://community.livejournal.com/marginal_arch/28168.html?page=2" title="http://community.livejournal.com/marginal_arch/28168.html?page=2">community.livejournal.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/4776C819-A20E-4195-9A7C-79B1F11822F2.jpg" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/F5F657A4-D6D9-4DC8-B463-34E347CAEF51.jpg" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/0E12EBC7-D0C1-41F3-9663-08C156E23933.jpg" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/35C67C77-5F6D-4FFD-8FEF-8D4F8D415FD1.jpg" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/D64B5769-8D1D-40A3-8AC3-BF191084F691.jpg" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/CC10EBA6-2EC1-4095-8968-C40564BD47AC.jpg" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/564373B2-65C3-4A02-A86B-4C7050DAEBD0.jpg" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/CAA5545B-D396-429D-94AF-CAF92E5DF6CC.jpg" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/CC54B3F6-12CE-44FA-BC00-DEFE090ED49D.jpg" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/1A28FF8D-E273-4FBD-9D30-2EC498E3CD0C.jpg" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/A77FA674-DD99-4AFC-9C4F-C54348FC9E9E.jpg" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/0CFCE7F1-EAAD-4935-9614-49570CC6F13F.jpg" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting" /><br /></div><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.wackyarchives.com/bizarre/new-architectural-direction-gypsy-castles.html" title="http://www.wackyarchives.com/bizarre/new-architectural-direction-gypsy-castles.html">www.wackyarchives.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/FA1F722D-F4E9-4E95-8AEB-A435CC8AE0C0.jpg" alt="gipsy-style.jpg" /><br /></div><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4486245.stm" title="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4486245.stm">news.bbc.co.uk</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><DIV class="sh"> Gypsies are 'Europe's most hated' </DIV></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><DIV class="cap">An effigy of a gypsy caravan is burnt, leading to racial hatred allegations</DIV></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/AF7A8BB9-2A22-4ACB-A5BB-B5441DFEB82C.jpg" alt="An effigy of a Gypsy caravan on fire during bonfire night" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">Gypsies are the most hated minority in Europe despite centuries of persecution and the Holocaust, it has been claimed.</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><FONT size="2">The bonfire society insisted there was no racist intent behind its actions. </FONT></div></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/gypsies/" rel="tag">gypsies</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/culture/" rel="tag">culture</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/architecture/" rel="tag">architecture</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/design/" rel="tag">design</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/romania/" rel="tag">romania</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/palace/" rel="tag">palace</a></div>http://www.wackyarchives.com/bizarre/new-architectural-direction-gypsy-castles.htmlSun, 25 May 2008 20:20:46 GMThttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/FE2138E7-E53E-4AA6-8442-6E46C1B58009/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/hitchhiker08/">hitchhiker08</a><br><b>clipper's remarks:</b> Yikes! I prefer to imbibe in less eerie environs! <br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://damncoolpics.blogspot.com/2008/05/skeleton-bar.html" title="http://damncoolpics.blogspot.com/2008/05/skeleton-bar.html">damncoolpics.blogspot.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><H3 class="post-title entry-title"> <A href="http://damncoolpics.blogspot.com/2008/05/skeleton-bar.html">The Skeleton Bar</A> </H3></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><DIV>This odd-looking establishment was designed by Hans Rudi Giger (HR Giger), who worked as a designer on the Alien movies, receiving multiple awards, including an OSCAR for best special effects.</DIV></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/8AF8C01D-8CAE-40E1-B5F4-F20B6530172A.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/EE0A15CD-6329-46A6-A183-0506A95EC252.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/4A3E49DA-27EA-4E87-9333-20DBAA55990D.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/9F696123-3680-4CC5-8E4A-3BBD4F9228E0.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/B559F4F7-7909-40C9-BA17-570A33357237.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/11444785-1B12-4D5D-9FC9-7347778B359D.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/726BB70A-5537-409E-B78E-02A490EEAB6C.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/69FA81FB-85EB-42E9-9002-815BB08AB13A.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/7F0E9BB4-4ADA-42E1-8923-CE831D091BA0.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/architecture/" rel="tag">architecture</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/design/" rel="tag">design</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/eerie/" rel="tag">eerie</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/skeleton/" rel="tag">skeleton</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/bars/" rel="tag">bars</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/pubs/" rel="tag">pubs</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/bizarre/" rel="tag">bizarre</a></div>http://damncoolpics.blogspot.com/2008/05/skeleton-bar.htmlThu, 22 May 2008 15:44:34 GMThttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/E1A32B3D-D7EA-49BF-ABD8-09E0E5AA25EB/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/hitchhiker08/">hitchhiker08</a><br><b>clipper's remarks:</b> Wow - tho' eco-friendly is not pocket-friendly?!<br/>To get an idea of what goes into making an eco-house - pls check out Alanocu's clip linked below:<br/><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/6735715.stm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/6735715.stm</a> <br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-561709/Eco-house-Cotswold-sells-world-record-7-2m.html" title="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-561709/Eco-house-Cotswold-sells-world-record-7-2m.html">www.dailymail.co.uk</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><H1>Eco-house in Cotswold sells for a world record £7.2m</H1></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>Orchid House, an eco-house in a Cotswold nature reserve, will take three years to build</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/AE30B9DD-FD35-48C6-BB96-4ED073E5E3A1.jpg" alt="eco-home" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>An innovative eco-friendly home in a Cotswold nature reserve has been sold for a world record £7.2 million for a country house.</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>The 'thoroughly modern manor house', modelled on a bee orchid found on the reserve, was sold off-plan last week to an anonymous buyer.</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>The size of an average semi, the cost works out at £3,000 per square foot.</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>The country home has been sold for a world record of £7.2m to an anonymous buyer</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/DBD4CD01-C34C-422C-A98F-45FEDD1020D9.jpg" alt="eco-home" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>Brad Pitt has looked at the plans for Orchid House, while Kylie Minogue has stayed at the estate.</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>It is hoped the home will produce more energy than it uses, with an underground heat pump and geothermal heating</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/6F7A3444-282C-43D0-B5F1-BC8236DACC07.jpg" alt="eco-home" /><br /></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/eco-friendly/" rel="tag">eco-friendly</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/architecture/" rel="tag">architecture</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/wind+energy/" rel="tag">wind energy</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/pollution-free/" rel="tag">pollution-free</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/geothermal+heating/" rel="tag">geothermal heating</a></div>http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-561709/Eco-house-Cotswold-sells-world-record-7-2m.htmlTue, 20 May 2008 07:20:08 GMThttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/661995A7-634D-4993-BB1D-DA9F32AF7A77/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/hitchhiker08/">hitchhiker08</a><br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://thecontaminated.com/new-york-in-lego-bricks/" title="http://thecontaminated.com/new-york-in-lego-bricks/">thecontaminated.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><H1><A rel="bookmark" href="http://thecontaminated.com/new-york-in-lego-bricks/" title="Permanent Link to New York In Lego Bricks">New York In Lego Bricks</A></H1></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/A025F604-2A76-42B7-B10D-BFD7F4936131.jpg" alt="new york lego 1" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>Good job, cool idea and once again Lego make it real. Take a look at those pictures of the New York city made in Lego bricks world.</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/BFDC6204-3A4A-4856-9634-666EFBD8244F.jpg" alt="new york lego 2" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/EDCE7335-2F07-4F0B-AE95-5C601DCE6563.jpg" alt="new york lego 3" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/B3D4704C-FD2E-40E7-A977-CD5415569F5E.jpg" alt="new york lego 4" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/58B4D264-FDD2-4DC1-A394-AB9EDD149C32.jpg" alt="new york lego 5" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/8A93C152-4D27-4A72-8743-4A647F17DFD3.jpg" alt="new york lego 6" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/F8289CD2-C7ED-41EA-A9AC-86679AC1A090.jpg" alt="new york lego 7" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/C1873EF5-8E21-44ED-86C1-753731A2F0F3.jpg" alt="new york lego 8" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/F72823C3-6EFF-443B-8162-A54D7CDA84DB.jpg" alt="new york lego 9" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/39511652-2C3F-4020-9FD6-05245BAD406E.jpg" alt="new york lego 10" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/0462F26E-8E21-424C-B77F-5CE3F4AE3A3E.jpg" alt="new york lego 11" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/D54D6341-2B56-4D2E-BF84-DD097168E275.jpg" alt="new york lego 12" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/9643ECF8-5FDE-49FD-BDAF-0EB299CE171C.jpg" alt="new york lego 13" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/EC66D800-B817-4B99-9428-21A67C6FF957.jpg" alt="new york lego 14" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/5485CE97-65D9-4AA2-A521-EB4A7A96CB2C.jpg" alt="new york lego 15" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/5361C621-446C-424E-8745-B92ADC9EC8E0.jpg" alt="new york lego 16" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/73C1F0C4-6D10-44DB-BE02-C2C39A7989F4.jpg" alt="new york lego 17" /><br /></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/new+york/" rel="tag">new york</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/lego/" rel="tag">lego</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/architecture/" rel="tag">architecture</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/game/" rel="tag">game</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/skyline/" rel="tag">skyline</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/skyscrapers/" rel="tag">skyscrapers</a></div>http://thecontaminated.com/new-york-in-lego-bricks/Fri, 11 Apr 2008 10:37:05 GMThttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/1680A1E1-3D5E-4282-8100-349591CE4C61/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/hitchhiker08/">hitchhiker08</a><br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/worldnews.html?in_article_id=557448&in_page_id=1811" title="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/worldnews.html?in_article_id=557448&in_page_id=1811">www.dailymail.co.uk</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><H1>The tallest building in the world and still growing</H1></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>When complete next year the Burj Dubai will be taller than three Canary Wharf towers balanced on top of each other</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/1BF548B0-2E60-4218-B99A-31D7D9F2BC5F.jpg" alt="Burj Dubai" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>It is the tallest man-made structure in the world – and it is still growing. </P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>When complete next year the Burj Dubai will stretch half a mile into the sky over the United Arab Emirates, taller than three Canary Wharf towers balanced on top of each other. </P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>Already 2,200ft tall, and the result of 22million man hours of labour, the Burj is the pinnacle of skyscraper engineering. </P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>The Burj will be the height of luxury. Some of the space will be used for offices but the lower 37 floors will house the world's first Armani Hotel</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/80CA429C-B95E-45A5-8EBD-E5D5D5B894D4.jpg" alt="Burj Dubai" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>Because of its size – more than 6,000 miles of girders, enough to stretch a quarter of the way round the world, have gone into making its 160 floors – evacuation in a fire could be too slow. </P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>The Y-shape plan of the tower, copied from Islamic designs on mosque roofs, maximises views of the Persian Gulf. </P></div></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/uae/" rel="tag">uae</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/dubai/" rel="tag">dubai</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/burj/" rel="tag">burj</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/architecture/" rel="tag">architecture</a></div>http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/worldnews.html?in_article_id=557448&in_page_id=1811Wed, 09 Apr 2008 03:46:07 GMThttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/843BD9C7-4D16-4666-9B74-A5AD705A537F/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/hitchhiker08/">hitchhiker08</a><br><b>clipper's remarks:</b> Some may seem like optical illusions...but all works of art quite clearly... <br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; 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