The Mastaba, Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s project for Abu Dhabi, will be their only permanent large-scale work, and also the biggest sculpture in the world. Conceived in 1977, The Mastaba takes its name from an ancient word describing a trapezoidal structure with a flat top, two vertical walls and two outward sloping sides. Mastaba will be made from 410,000 multi-colored barrels to form a mosaic of bright sparkling colors that echoes Islamic architecture. Source: Taschen | via things magazine
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