Thursday, October 12, 2006

TURNING TORSO

TURNING TORSO

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A view of the 190-metre-tall, 54-floor Turning Torso apartment tower in Malmo, Sweden, on Saturday. Offering a stupendous view over the Oresund Sound between Sweden and Denmark, the building turns 90 degrees around its own axis. Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava got the idea for the tower from observing the human body in motion.

I think you get airline frequent flier miles if you drive this bridge…..



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The Millau viaduct is part of the new E11 expressway connecting Paris and Barcelona and features the highest bridge piers ever constructed. The tallest is 240 meters high and the overall height will be an impressive 336 meters, making this the highest bridge in the world.

This bridge is between Sweden and Denmark.

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Picture taken from the side of Sweden. The bridge is half under the water, for ships to pass and then again, it comes out on the other side.

Truly a marvelous piece of Engineering!!! The bridge ( or should it be called tunnel ) goes under water to allow movement of ships.

Car Tower in Germany.


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A Volkswagen Polo is loaded in the car towers of the VW Autostadt in Wolfsburg, northern Germany. The Autostadt, situated next to Volkswagen's headquarter, is the company's theme park, and distribution centre where daily 5,500 visitors view Volkswagen brands like Bentley, Audi, Lamborghini.

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