Photo Gallery Designer Power Masts
Europe is undergoing a revolution in energy production that requires massive new infrastructure to support the shift to renewables. But do new power lines always have to result in blight? Some utility companies are hoping that designer power masts can help overcome local opposition.
A computer simulation of new forms of power masts designed by Danish architect Erik Bystrup. The mirror wall sculpture mast reflects the nearby surroudings, making it nearly invisible. And invisibility is a characteristic many citizens would like to see applied to power lines.
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To increase the Danes' acceptance of the poles, which are visibile at great distances, Bystrup designed modern masts that look like abstract crowns or eagle's wings.
Foto: Bystrup Architects
These images are all prototypes, but some 500 masts designed by Bystrup will soon mark a 166-kilometer (103-mile) section of power lines in Denmark's Jutland region. The architect rhapsodizes over the steel poles, saying the way they reflect sunlight will make them "almost invisible."
Foto: Bystrup Architects
