Electricity pylons, or transmission towers, usually aren't the most interesting structures, just basic towers that keep electrical wires aloft. But some architects have designed innovative towers that are more than mere eyesores.
Land of Giants, 98-ft (30 m) tall towers designed by Choi + Shine Architects, 2008
(via Choi + Shine)
55-105-ft (17-32 m) high plyons, designed by Dietmar Koering, 2009
(via Dezeen)
Superstring, by Yong ho Shin, 2010
(via ArchDaily)
A design by Youssef Ghali, 2011
A woman, by Elena Paroucheva
(via GRID Expo)
P193, designed by Amec, with Pick Everard, 2011
Migrant Mast, designed by Rever & Drage Architects, Norway, 2011
(via GRID Expo and Rever & Drage)
Flower Tower, by Gustafson Porter, 2011
(via Wired)
P205, by New Town Studio, 2011
Clown-shaped towers in Újhartyán, Hungary, 2011
(via Designrulz and Skyscraper City)
P197, by Knight Architects, Roughan & O' Donovan and ESB International with MEGA, 2011
P113 AL_A Pylon, designed by AL_A & Arup, 2011
Deer and human figures, by the Moscow-based DesignDepot, 2012
(via DesignDepot)
The Land of Giants: Giants of the Wind, by Choi + Shine, 2012
(via Choi + Shine)
The 148 ft (45 m) high robot, designed by DOMA, Argentina, 2012
(via Onliner)
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