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Friday, August 13, 2010

gorgeous AND green - (well, gold really): Mirage-like Sculpture Doubles as a Solar-Power Generator

Excerpt:

'From the New York architects Decker Yeadon comes Light Sanctuary, a massive desert sculpture designed to look like a mirage.

"The precise optical effects of reflection, diffusion, and inversion that are an essential feature of the desert landscape have acquired a reputation of mystery and even of deception. This proposal, instead, brings clarity, utility, lightness, and authentic meaning to the idea of the mirage."

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Posted via email from Siobhan O'Flynn's 1001 Tales

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