Photographer Alastair Philip Wiper traveled to Okpo, a port in South Korea, to photograph the construction of the world’s largest ship ever built – the Maersk Triple E. When he arrived at the Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering shipyard, a gigantic ship-building construction site, he found 46,000 people working together to build and move huge … Read more
Caerlaverock Castle (Castle of the lark) is a moated triangular castle first built in the 13th century — one of Scotland’s great medieval fortresses. Photo credit: Simon Ledingham The Caerlaverock Castle is located on the southern coast of Scotland, with its imposing sandstone walls and unique triangular shape designed primarily for the defense of its … Read more
A 203-foot high wall of wood — the Cedar River Logging Trestle in Washington State. In the 1830s, the railroad boom started a new era in the building of railroad bridges pushing engineers to build towering wooden bridges that have become synonymous with the era. These majestic timber bridges are considered the only railroad-related technology … Read more
Designed by the Danish architect George K.S. Rotne, the awe-inspiring Øresund roadway connects the Danish capital of Copenhagen to the Swedish city of Malmö, stretching about 8km before transitioning through an artificial island into a 4km tunnel under the Flint Channel. It took a surprisingly short five years to make. It was opened on July … Read more
The majestic rice terraces rise like wide, monumental staircases that offer breathtaking views from every angle.
Six months and $8,000,000 later, they had a genius solution!