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March 27, 2010

Floating Heads Installation by Sophie Cave

Ever get that creepy feeling that a hundred set of eyes are watching you? Thanks to Sophie Cave, this nightmare has turned into a reality! The Floating Heads installation at the Kelvingrove Museum in the Scottish city of Glasgow is quite literally turning heads. Cave created over 50 of them, each displaying different emotions including laughter and despair.

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March 17, 2010

Incredible Three-Dimensional Wire Cars (12 pics + video)

Lamborghini Countach II These three-dimensional wire car sculptures by Uk-based artist Benedict Radcliffe are beyond incredible. The cars almost look as though they've been computer generated, but in actuality they are full scale representations made from 10mm steel tubes welded together. Apparently, local traffic cops weren't so impressed with Radcliffe's masterpieces. When parked on the street over the course of a few days, his wire cars were issued a few parking tickets!

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February 27, 2010

Modern Architecture: Tower Grows Its Own Skin

Conceptualized by California-based architecture firm Faulders Studio, GEOtube is a new kind of urban sculptural tower proposed for Dubai that uses salt water to grow its own skin. The building sucks up water from the Persian Gulf (the source of the world's saltiest ocean water) through a 3 mile (4.62 km) underground pipeline, and then sprays it over a mesh facade.

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