Canadian firm Sturgess Architecture have designed a glass viewing platform to cantilever over a glacial valley in the Columbian Icefields of Jasper National Park in Alberta, Canada. More »
Tag: viewpoints
Brewster’s Discovery Walkway
Jübergtower Hemer Landmark by Birk + Heilmeyer
and Knippers Helbig Advanced Engineering
Stuttgart office Birk und Heilmeyer Architekten with Knippers Helbig Advanced Engineering have completed this wooden observation tower in Hemer, Germany. More »
Observation Tower on the River Mur
by terrain:loenhart&mayr
This observation tower by Munich office terrain:loenhart&mayr rises over the river Mur at the Austrian border with Slovenia. More »
Hiding in Triangles by Philip Modest Schambelan
and Anton Fromm
Here's another triangulated outcrop: Technische Universität Dresden students Philip Modest Schambelan and Anton Fromm have designed a hotel for mountain bikers for the edge of a cliff in Pregasina, Italy. More »
Trestles Beach footbridge by Dan Brill Architects
Dan Brill Architects of the UK are among 12 international practices shortlisted to design a pedestrian footbridge for Trestles Beach, a surf spot in southern California. More »
ArcelorMittal Orbit by Anish Kapoor
Artist Anish Kapoor has won a commission to design a 115m high public artwork at Olympic Park in London, to be built as part of London's Olympic Games in 2012. More »
OceanScope by AnL Studio
Korean designers AnL Studio have completed an observatory made of shipping containers in Songdo New City, Incheon, South Korea. More »
Daewon Park Observatory by Changki Yun
Korean architect Changki Yun (Kyungam Architects Associates have sent us images of their design for an observation tower for the city of Seongnam in Korea. More »
Bloody Haze by MAP Office
Hong Kong architects MAP Office have installed a point for viewing the city through two pairs of binoculars in Hong Kong as part of the Shenzhen & Hong Kong bi-city Biennale of Urbanism/Architecture, which opened this week. More »
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
by Mésarchitectures
Architect Didier Fiuza Faustino of Paris studio Mésarchitectures has installed a pair of swing seats on a billboard frame as part of the Shenzhen & Hong Kong bi-city Biennale of Urbanism/Architecture in China this week. More »
Viewing Tower by Ateliereen Architecten
Dutch architects Ateliereen Architecten have completed a 25 metre tall viewing tower at an outdoor sports park in Reusel, the Netherlands. More »
Pinohuacho Observation Deck by
Rodrigo Sheward Giordano
Architect Rodrigo Sheward Giordano from The School Of Architecture at the University Of Talca, Chile has designed and managed the construction of Pinohuacho Observation Deck in Chile. More »
Ruta del Peregrino: Lookout Point
by HHF Architects
Top of Tyrol by Astearchitecture
Innsbruck-based architects Astearchitecture have completed a mountain-top viewing platform above a glacier in Tyrol, Austria. More »
Olympic viewing platform by Office for
Subversive Architecture
Londoners frustrated by the 3m fence and aggressive security protecting the Olympic Park construction site in east London were given a temporary viewing platform recently by Office for Subversive Architecture. More »