Category: Architecture
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Book Mountain, by MVRDV
The Book Mountain library in Spijkenisse, Netherlands, is designed as an advert for reading.
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The Rhein-Herne slinky
Following the slinky-inspired design of German artist Tobias Rehberger, a colourful ribbon wrapped in a swinging spiral connects the two existing parks either side of Germany’s Rhein-Herne canal. “Two steel ribbons made of high strength steel connect to the inclined supports across the canal. The resulting tension force is transferred into strong abutments through the…