4 Buildings That Defy the Laws of Gravity

I used to watch Extreme Homes on HGTV all the time. There were some pretty amazing ones. No pics though.

water is heavy.....some day one of those pools is going to fall off....just a matter of time..do they make the tenants sign something so they won't be liable???

all the pics are cool!!

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Wow those pools made my stomach churn! No way on earth would I get in them. Glass breaks flushed over side. Nooooooooo

Originally posted by seabag
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I always love seeing engineering feats that seem to accomplish the impossible.

The Falkirk Wheel in Scotland would have to be up there with the best of them.

I found a picture of it….

That is pretty cool.

This is an amazing work of engineering but also of design it has a beauty to it as well as it's incredible (yet oddly simplicity) function!

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Or some fat guy does a cannon ball and washes all the little kiddies over the side! Ooops!

I got to check this out a couple of years ago. Pretty cool to be up that high standing on glass. In case anyone is wondering it is the Willis Tower in Chicago. Previously known as the Sears Tower

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Or some fat guy does a cannon ball and washes all the little kiddies over the side! Ooops!

Something tells me there is no need for a "no diving" sign on a glass pool 30 stories above the ground.  

I wouldn't say 'defy gravity', the beams, bars, wood...(most likely not wood), would just be extremely strong and extremely long so whatever's built on 'em wouldn't just break off.. or not so easily, I'm not a construction worker but I been around legos long enough

Originally posted by windword

I am scared of heights!

I'm not afraid of heights or rockets or rides at amusement parks.

But I'm DEATHLY afraid of human arrogance in thinking we can build 'Completely safe' stuff!

No, I would NOT walk on a glass floor, swim in a terrace pool, or fly in a space shuttle. BRRRRR!

Originally posted by usmc0311
I got to check this out a couple of years ago. Pretty cool to be up that high standing on glass. In case anyone is wondering it is the Willis Tower in Chicago. Previously known as the Sears Tower

Yeah, um, no. lololol

Those are come pretty nifty buildings man, I cant even stand to be 7 stories high, I cant imagine that cctv