The Pool Rock Climbing Wall
The Pool Rock Climbing Wall is by award-winning industrial designer Mr. Christofer Born, from Germany and has designed a way for aqua climbing to be taken to another level.
Bike Carousel by Robert Wechsler
Circular Bike was created by artist Robert Wechsler. Nine salvaged bikes were reassembled into a circular formation. It's like a bike carousel!
Amazing Spiral Staircase at Garvan Institute in Sydney
This amazing spiral staircase is located at the Garvan Institute in Sydney, Australia. It is five stories high and makes your head spin about 6.5 revolutions.
The Inverted Pyramid Museum
The Inverted Pyramid Museum in Hanoi was conceived by the architects at GMP Architects. The 323,000 sq ft museum has an amazing spiral ramp which leads to the upper areas where you will find the conference rooms, research rooms, offices, and a library.
Theatre converted to Bookstore
El Ateneo is one of the most amazing bookstores out there and is located in Buenos Aires. The structure use to be known as Teatro Gran Splendid and was completed in May 1919. You’ll be pleased to find every corner filled with books minus the box seats which are now being used as reading rooms. How cool is that?
Robson Square stairs at Vancouver, British Columbia
Robson Square stairs by architect Arthur C. Erickson can be found in Vancouver, British Columbia.
World's First Virtual Store in Subway station at Korea
A major South Korean retailer has opened what it appears to be the world's first virtual store geared to smartphone users, with shoppers scanning barcodes of products displayed in a Seoul subway station. Homeplus, the nation’s second largest discount chain, is offering 500 items including food, electronics, office supplies and toiletries at its "store" at Seolleung station in the south of the city of 10 million.
Seven pillars and six platform screen doors have been plastered with images of life-size store shelves filled with goods such as milk, apples, a bag of rice or school backpacks which each carry a small barcode. Shoppers download a related application on their smartphone and make purchases by taking photos of the barcodes.
"You place an order when you go to work in the morning and can see the items delivered at home when you come home at night," said a spokeswoman for Homeplus.
In fact, consumers don’t have to be anywhere near the virtual store. For example, if you want to order replacements of a bottle of water that you have in your hand, you don’t have to stop by the subway station. You simply scan the bottle’s barcode with the Homeplus app. The products are delivered later to home or office.
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