Heatherwick Studio Building a Wild Desert Observatory in Saudi Arabia (opens in new tab)

Most observatories are built for instruments, but this one is built specifically for people. London studio Heatherwick has unveiled AlUla Manara, a stargazing center in the Saudi desert near a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The structure rises in interlocking stone tubes that spiral upward and open to the sky, their material pulled directly from the [...] The post appeared first on .