If you’re scared of heights, look away now.
Above is the winning design for a giant, glass – yes glass – viewing platform that will arch out into the middle of nowhere, over a glacial valley in the Columbian Ice fields of Jasper National Park in Alberta, Canada.
Designed by Sturgess Architecture, RJC and PCL, the structure is destined to become one of the area’s biggest tourist attractions in coming years.
More pics and info after the jump.
It may not be the biggest pavilion at the Shanghai Expo 2010 event but the Arabian City is the most expensive.
This is the Saudi Arabian pavilion, loosely described as a ‘silk road treasure boat’ or more simply the ‘Moon Boat’, which cost a whopping $146 million to construct.
You can definitely see the oasis-style theme to the place which sits amid a ‘happy desert’ with the top deck planted with a hanging garden, complete with water pools and featuring full-grown date palm trees.
There are even tents erected on top to give visitors a chance to experience a little bit of desert life, just without the scorpions.
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