Comments on: Kosovo's futuristic library

By: juepucta

juepucta — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 09:57:00 +0000

In case of imminent planetary destruction, the structure detaches and becomes a space ark filled with the smartest peeps and all the knowledge.

By: Scott Bartlett

Scott Bartlett — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 04:46:00 +0000

This picture would make Rob Ford vomit uncontrollably.

By: buddy66

buddy66 — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 03:09:00 +0000

Why all the warts growing out of it?

By: Antinous / Moderator

Antinous / Moderator — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 02:36:00 +0000

It looks like they put up the wire but forgot to stucco.

By: Ambiguity

Ambiguity — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 02:14:00 +0000

Agree. In the small BB picture it looked intriguing, but the blow up gave an entirely different impression…

… but it is slightly evocative, in an interesting way, of the way reality starts splintering once the tryptamines hit your bloodstream. Seriously.

By: oscarfalcon

oscarfalcon — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 00:08:00 +0000

It’s absolutely Fantastic!

By: eldritch

eldritch — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 21:19:00 +0000

It may not be the prettiest structure in the world, but it does look like a HUGE library!

And give the fact that many American cities are simply gutting their own libraries these days, I’d say Kosovo has done very well for itself (especially having been through a brutal, and too often forgotten, war only a decade and a half ago!).

By: Fred Kiesche

Fred Kiesche — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 21:08:00 +0000

Looks like something out of Justin Dahinden’s “Urban Structures of the Future”, which introduced me to all sorts of ideas (that we’ve not yet used). Good book.

By: Art

Art — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 20:56:00 +0000

I thought that the smallish, far shot was impressive and unique.

Upon closer inspection ( and aided by the enlarged image) I was horrified.

What the Hell!?!

By: Julien Couvreur

Julien Couvreur — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 20:23:00 +0000

Looks like tax money well spent. I’m sure the people of Kosovo are much better off.

By: HokkaidoHillbilly

HokkaidoHillbilly — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 20:21:00 +0000

I’m sure than any fellow graduate of the University of Tennessee will recognize that it’s a nothing more than a shiny Hodges Library / Q-Bert playfield wannabe.

By: WaylonWillie

WaylonWillie — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 19:16:00 +0000

I’m pretty sure they haven’t taken the wrapping off of it yet. The chain-link-fence material is just holding it together while the glue dries.

By: gastronaut

gastronaut — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 18:55:00 +0000

Dymaxion Modular Library: scientifically optimized for maximum knowledge conveyence per structural element.

By: djfrantz

djfrantz — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 18:48:00 +0000

I’ve always been fond of the Belarus National Library Death Star.

http://www.mentalfloss.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/435_BelarusNationalLibrary.jpg

By: StaneStane

StaneStane — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 18:37:00 +0000

Alas, it is retro futuristic, as it was built decades ago, in some better times. These domes are supposed to evoke characteristic white hats, part of Albanian traditional national costume.

By: screwt

screwt — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 18:35:00 +0000

huh. I think it looks ace!

By: Stefan Jones

Stefan Jones — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 18:33:00 +0000

Are you sure this isn’t a matte painting from Quest of the Power Lords IV: The Powering?

By: twodimensionalme

twodimensionalme — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 18:24:00 +0000

Horrible.