Gangstertecture
If only all architecture was fantasy architecture. In Archangel, Russia it seems a particularly ‘connected’ businessman - with few of the normal restraints placed upon his genius - has been able to let his architectural dreams blossom. Here is some pix and a video of the world’s largest - and only - wooden skyscraper. It’s a full 13 stories, and (as the reporter finds out in the news story below) not without a few finishing touches still required - such as floorboards and walls you can’t fall through.
But then again, how many of us have built our own skyscraper from bits and pieces lying around? Completed or not - not bad for a one-man mission. And it may serve as a useful hero and role model when we deal with our local planning authorities for much less borderline projects.
Anyway, for an idea of what the world might be like if everyone was an architect, check it out.
Courtesy of Deputy Dog.
