I find it ironic that a ‘Device to Root Out Evil’ (Dennis Oppenheim, 1997) hasn’t been a welcome visitor on its travels. You’d think this sort of device would come in quite handy. After its unveiling in Venice, it was offered to (and rejected by) New York and Stanford University in the USA... [see more]
When completed, in 1968, the ‘Husky Tower’ was the largest building in Calgary by 100% margin, and the largest tower in North America at 626ft. The story goes that those crafty Canadians lied about its planned height, and (when the Americans threw up a similar tower in Texas) confessed that they had understated the height by 12ft, just in case someone tried to beat them!.. [see more]
Calgary is a booming city of one million people in the province of Alberta. It is in the “Heart of the New West” of Canada. It’s the centre of Canada’s oil industry, and you can tell. Huge skyscrapers are being erected all the time, whether they need them or not, despite large areas of unused land... [see more]