Fawley Oil Refinery is the largest oil refinery in the UK, refining approximately 330,000 barrels of crude oil a day (20% of the UK's capacity). Owned by Esso, the refinery was established in 1921 ...
Read MoreThe SAS Royal Hotel, Denmark /
The SAS Royal Hotel claims to be the worlds first "design hotel". Built between 1956 and 1960, the hotel was designed inside and out - from the cutlery in the restaurant to the "cigar box" ...
Read MoreThemis Experimental Solar Power Plant, France /
Themis opened in 1983 as an experimental power plant - the sun's power was directed, via the mirrors (called heliostats), to the top of the "power tower", where it heated a boiler and ...
Read MoreRomerhusene, Denmark /
Romerhusene (meaning "Roman Houses) is a housing estate in Helsingør, Denmark, which was designed by architect Jørn Utzon - the same guy that designed the Sydney Opera House ...
Read MoreMaybrey Reliance, England /
This is Maybrey Reliance, it is a sand and die casting foundry in the wastelands outside East London. It is a very, very hot place - they melt different types of metal and cast them in ...
Read MoreArne Jacobsen's Petrol Station, Denmark /
This is a petrol station on the coast north of Copenhagen, and it is a Danish icon. It was designed by Denmarks most beloved architect and designer Arne Jacobsen (the guy that made
Read MoreNeck Plus Ultra, Paris /
Henrik Vibskov's solo exhibition "Neck Plus Ultra" opened at Galerie Des Galeries, the art gallery inside the Galeries Lafayette department store on Tuesday night. Phew ...
Read MoreIce Floes of the North Sea, Denmark /
This is the the North Sea, on the west coast of Denmark. The wind has blown ice floes up onto the land, and now the sea ice has crept up onto the fields which lie by the sea ...
Read MoreThe Audio Chambers of DTU, Denmark /
These are the audio anechoic and resonating chambers of Denmark's Technical University (DTU). The anechoic chambers work in much the same way as the microwave ...
Read MoreRadio Anechoic Chamber, Denmark /
This is the radio anechoic chamber at Denmark's Technical University (DTU). It opened in 1967, and is currently operated with the European Space Agency (ESA) for the testing of ...
Read MoreThe Stiff Neck Chamber /
Henrik Vibskov's AW13 collection "The Stiff Neck Chamber", presented at Børsen (the Danish Stock Exchange) in Copenhagen January 30th 2013 ...
Read MoreCopenhagen Suborbitals, Denmark /
In a small shed in the outskirts of Copenhagen's old shipyard, two amazing men and their team have a mission. They want to go into space in a home-made rocket. And they are serious ...
Read MorePort Talbot, Wales /
Port Talbot is a town on the south coast of Wales, about one hour west of Cardiff. The town is dominated by the huge steelworks which opened in 1952 and was, at that time ...
Read MoreMarriage's Millers, England /
Nobody would know from the outside of Marriage's Mill quite how amazing it is on the inside. Situated in an industrial park just outside Chelmsford in Essex, the mill produces flour ...
Read MoreLa Rodonella, Spain /
I found this place when I was on a road trip in northern Catalunya is spain this year. I was on my way to the Solar Furnace at Odeillo in the Pyrenees, and I stopped at a roadside cafe ...
Read MoreThe World's Largest Solar Furnace, France /
The first time I saw the Odeillo Solar Furnace was in an article called "the 10 strangest buildings in the world" or something like that. I was amazed and I knew that I just had to go ...
Read MoreThe Architecture of Avoriaz, France /
Avoriaz is a 1960s purpose-built skiing resort in the French Alps. However, it is a purpose-built skiing resort like no other - instead of ugly utilitarian apartment blocks, Avoriaz has truly ...
Read MoreAntwerpen-Centraal Station, Belgium /
Antwerpen-Centraal railway station is one of the great railway stations of the world. Designed by Bruge architect Louis Delacenserie and built between 1895 and 1905, the station has ...
Read MoreCERN, Switzerland /
CERN is a wonderful place. Human beings do magnificent things there. It is the birthplace of the internet, and it is the home of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the worlds largest ...
Read MoreThe Mont-Louis Solar Furnace, France /
The Mont-Louis solar furnace, built in 1949 by Dr. Felix Trombe, is an experimental solar energy facility in the French Pyrenees. It's the first of its kind in the world, and was the ...
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