The Glacier Skywalk is the hottest new nature and learning attraction along Alberta’s Icefields Parkway in Canada. It’s built into native bedrock with steel, glass and wood. Open May through October, this one-hour experience begins at the Columbia Icefield Discovery Centre. It is designed as an extension of surrounding landscape. The 30 meter curved glass walkway extends 35 m from the cliff. The investor (Brewster Travel Canada) wanted to create …
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NESO tent – lightweight portable sunshade
If you like the beach, swimming in the sea, but do not like sunbathing, you have to avoid the dangerous sunrays or you need protection from the sun for small children or dog, Neso tent is the product for you. Neso is a lightweight, stakeless sunshade. It blocks 98% of the UV radiation. Weighs only 3.92 lbs and you carry it in convenient carrying bag. You [easyazon_link identifier=”B00R5NDQTW” locale=”US” …
Balkonzept – great idea for tiny balcony.
Balkonzept is a simple, space-saving solution for small balconies. The table/shelf combo with integrated flowerbox is simply hooked onto the balcony railing. This product you can buy here – [easyazon_link identifier=”B006UQLKD4″ locale=”DE” tag=”offsomedesi03-21″]here[/easyazon_link].
Snow Crawler – conceptual design by Mindsailors
Designed by Polish Mindsailors Design Studio
Traffic light countdown display
Serbian designer Damjan Stankovic has designed Eko light, which incorporates a circular, visual countdown timer wrapped around the red light. Stankovic’s idea, though, is that rather than enable quicker green-light launches, the countdown light would serve to de-stress drivers by providing them feedback of exactly how much longer they’ll have to wait.
Amazing green sculpture – Sultan the Pit Pony
Sultan the Pit Pony is a spectacular raised-earth sculpture of a horse that extends over 200 meters in Caerphilly, South Wales. Designed by Welsh artist Mick Petts, the colossal work of art is known as the largest figurative earth sculpture in the United Kingdom.
Sidewalk Trampolines, Copenhagen
Mountain-top cabin free to stay
This mountain-top hut with a sweeping panoramic view of the Julian Alps in Italy is free to stay for anyone who firstly hike 8,300ft up Foronon del Buinz Mountain to get to it.
Backyard architecture
Awesome canyon views, Utah
The Moab Monkeys, a Utah-based group of athletes set up a spider web net over a canyon near Moab at a head-spinning height of 400 ft to relax and BASE jump. The hand-woven, pentagonal web is 200ft. away from the nearest cliff.