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May 17, 2012 Thursday
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Austrian house built upside down


 


THE Austrian (奧大利的) village of Terfens recently unveiled a very unusual tourist attraction – an upside down house. The house was designed by two Polish (波蘭人) architects, Irek Glowacki and Marek Rozhanski. The upside down house took eight months to build, but is now open to the public. They can enter the house through an ‘upstairs’ window. Once inside, they will see that everything inside is also upside down.They can even take a look at the upside down garage, children&rs...

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