World’s Largest Cylindrical Aquarium

The AquaDom in Berlin, Germany, is a 25 metre tall cylindrical acrylic glass aquarium with built-in transparent elevator. It is located at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Berlin-Mitte. The DomAquarée complex also contains a hotel, offices, a restaurant, and the aquarium Sea Life Centre.

The AquaDom was opened in 2004. It cost about 12.8 million euros. The overall construction of the aquarium was designed and built by International Concept Management, Inc.. The acrylic cylinder was constructed by the U.S. company Reynolds Polymer Technology. It is now the main attraction of the Berlin Sea Life Centre.

The outside cylinder was manufactured on-site from four pieces; the inside cylinder for the elevator was delivered in one piece. The Aquadom is the largest acrylic cylindrical aquarium in the world, with a diameter of about 11 metres, and it is built on a 9 metre tall foundation. Filled with 1,000,000 litres of water, it contains over 1,500 fish of 50 species. The feeding of the fish and the cleaning of the fish tank is performed daily by 3-4 divers. The fish need 8 kg of fish food. 

Playa De Gulpiyuri — A Beach Without The Sea

This amazing place is located in Spain near the small town of Llanes, in the north of the country. Its main feature is that it is surrounded on all sides by hills covered with scrub and it has no exit to the sea.

The Playa de Gulpiyuri is located in about 300 feet from the Bay of Biscay, in the Atlantic Ocean. Ocean water seeps through the huge amount of underwater labyrinth of caves. Therefore, this beach is also sensitive to the ebb and flow. While lying on the beach, you wouldn't be able to see the beautiful horizon of the ocean, but be sure that you bathe in salt water. 

Floating Wooden Exbury Egg House

The association of SPUD Group, PAD Studio and Stephen Turner developed the project of a floating wooden house Exbury Egg. The tiny home offers the space designed to be a temporary laboratory. There is only the minimum necessary: a shower, a stove, a seat, small storage systems and a hammock bed. The Exbury Egg uses only the sun as a source of energy. The nice wooden color creates an atmosphere of relaxation and harmony with nature. The form of the house attracts attention, and, at the same time, it is perfectly adapted to the natural landscape of the riverbanks. 

The World’s Most Amazing McDonald’s Restaurants

Times Square, New York, USA

It is not a secret that the McDonald’s fast food chain is the largest in the history of food service, and its burgers have the same taste everywhere. However, each restaurants of the chain has a unique design in most cases. Very often, designers should come up with some original solution for a new restaurant. Sometimes it is due to the public opinion and other times this is a requirement of the authorities. Well, there are many variations of restaurants; we offer you a selection of the most extraordinary restaurants in the world.

Clifton Hill, Victoria, Australia

Galleria Vittorio Emanuele, Milan, Italy

New Hyde Park, New York, USA

Yangshuo, China

Taupo, New Zealand

The world’s biggest McDonald’s, Olympic Park, London, UK

Piac utca, Debrecen, Hungary

Higashiomi, Shiga, Japan

Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

Patershol, Ghent, Belgium

Independence, Ohio, USA

Porto, Portugal

Orlando, Florida, USA

Aswan, Egypt

St. Louis, Missouri, USA

Bergen, Norway

Fairhaven, Massachusetts, USA

Ohrid, Macedonia

Hangzhou, China

Kristiansand, Norway

Hameln, Germany

Ulsan, South Korea

Freeport, Maine, USA

Vinita, Oklahoma, USA

Tbilisi, Georgia

Chinatown in New York City, USA

Darling Harbour, Australia

Madrid, Spain