The potential of electricity transmission towers as public art
This probably wouldn't satisfy people in Virginia fighting against electric transmission lines being placed across the James River ("Top Stories of 2015: James River transmission towers incite controversy | No. 6," Newport News Daily Press), but it's interesting nonetheless.
-- The Land of Giants Transmission Towers - Choi+Shine Architects
The "Land of the Giants" proposal for the Landsnet district of Iceland was not chosen. The architects have since made a similar proposal to an electricity distribution firm in South Korea.
Typical US electricity transmission towers
Labels: civic architecture, electric utility infrastructure, public art, urban design/placemaking
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