Flickr photo of the day: Mushroom or waffle?

So the famous German architect Jürgen Mayer-Hermann had this cool idea: Build a 409-feet-by-230-feet-by-85-feet-tall wooden structure in the form of giant mushrooms. Built in the “old quarter” of Seville, Spain, it will be the world’s largest wooden structure and it will be called Metropol Parasol (Incarnation of The Mushrooms).

Construction began in 2005, but there were issues. During construction, ruins dating back to Roman and Andalusian eras were discovered and in addition, an engineering firm informed authorities that the structure was “technically infeasible.” Heads were scratched, solutions were found (including the use of glue ) and 100 million Euros later there is nothing else like it in the world. Gracias Señor Mayer-Hermann, es magnifica!

Photograph by Rob Dawkins.

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