Continuing our inadvertent Snøhetta theme today, the Norwegian architecture firm has also proposed t

Continuing our inadvertent Snøhetta theme today, the Norwegian architecture firm has also proposed this fuselage-like metro station for downtown Mecca, Saudi Arabia. The outer skin of the building—a long tube enclosing a station on the city’s Metro-C line—would be surfaced with ceramic tiles "developed in cooperation with local artists." This joins other large-scale rail projects on the Arabian peninsula. [Snøhetta]

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