The Aurland Lookout

Posted by Alex in Pictures, Travel & Places on August 9, 2008 at 1:04 pm



Photos: Saunders Architecture

You’re looking at the Aurland Lookout in Norway - this amazing structure was designed by Todd Saunders and Tommie Wilhelmsen of Saunders Architecture, and is part of Norway’s effort to get rid of stupid tourists by telling them it’s a giant slide, … er, promote tourism: Link - via svet koji se menja

So, how do they avoid people accidentally falling off the lookout? There’s a glass fence:




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5 comments to "The Aurland Lookout"

  1. Lenny Nero
    August 9th, 2008 at 3:00 pm

    What an eyesore. Who would want a giant teapot handle destroying a beautiful landscape. Just an example of “edgy” designers of today making a name for themselves by making hideous architectural abominations that waste material and don’t fit in with their surroundings rather than something truly revolutionary.

  2. ted
    August 9th, 2008 at 6:11 pm

    I wonder how many birds fly into it each year.

  3. JC
    August 10th, 2008 at 12:52 am

    Break the glass!

  4. Thomas
    August 10th, 2008 at 11:19 am

    Doesn’t look very safe… maybe I’m just weird about heights.

  5. donna
    August 10th, 2008 at 5:16 pm

    Shame about the fence…


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