A shame_ by Toyo Ito
A shame_ by Toyo Ito
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- miesvan
it cracked by itself.
the fountain in pescara’s piazza della rinascita,
designed by japanese architect toyo ito and inaugurated on 14 december
last year, is no longer working. dubbed the 'huge wine glass', the fountain
comprises 20 cubic metres of transparent acrylic material, five metres high
on a two metre-square base. it suffered a structural failure. passers-by heard
creaking noises and the water in the enormous bowl appeared to freeze.
the structure, which cost more than one million euros.
- utopian0
* note to self, never hire failed architect Toyo Ito!