Designed to resemble a diamond, the 24-sided National Library of Belarus is covered in glass panels so that it sparkles like a giant engagement ring. To keep the shimmer going all night long, technicians installed 4,646 color-changing LED fixtures on the building’s exterior. It gives this temple of knowledge a hint of Las Vegas. Who says learning can’t be glam?
15 Buildings That Don’t Look Like Buildings
Pyongyang’s Ryugyong Hotel resembles a giant ballistic missile. As the so-called “Hotel of Doom” prepares to open in 2013, TIME looks at 15 buildings that don’t look like buildings
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15 Buildings That Don't Look like Buildings
- Ryugyong Hotel
- Indira Gandhi Planetarium
- National Fisheries Development Board Building
- Chang Building
- Aldar Properties Headquarters
- Longaberger Basket Company Home Office
- Tianzi Hotel
- National Library of Belarus
- Flame Towers
- Lotus Temple
- Cross # Towers
- Fang Yuan Building
- Guggenheim Museum Bilbao
- The Experience Music Project
- London Aquatics Centre