Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Iceland to humanize its high-tension power pylons

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How’s this for an innovative way to breathe beauty into otherwise dreary structures? Iceland currently plans to erect a decidedly more artsy style of high-tension power line towers, with each pylon forming a differently positioned human figure:

Human-shaped power pylons spanning river in Iceland
Human-shaped power pylons spanning river in Iceland
[source: Telegraph]
Human-shaped power pylons spanning harsh landscape in Iceland
Human-shaped power pylons spanning harsh landscape in Iceland
[source: Telegraph]

Why is it Europe and Asia are always the ones with all the cool architecture …?

(via @ebertchicago)