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Old 05-27-2012, 02:32 AM   #1036
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It's kind of a stretch to post the following in this thread, but while I was reading the article, I got thinking how cool this would look along, say, Sacree Tr. S.W. between Bow and Glenmore; or along Deerfoot Tr.

Power lines are ugly.



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Leave it to Iceland to have serene beauty such as this. The design firm, Choi + Shine Architects, came up with this, The Land of Giants an attempt to transform "mundane electrical pylons into statues on the Icelandic landscape by making only small alterations to existing pylon design." These designs were submitted as a competition entry in "March of 2008 to Landsnet, Iceland national power transmission company who was working in collaboration with the Association of Icelandic Architects."

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