A pair of architects in Belgium have created an unusual structure–a see-through church.  It’s not a functional building, but rather a piece of public art that stands ten meters high. The design consists of 100 stacked layers and 2000 columns of steel plates. From some angles it looks like a traditional church with a steeple. But change your location and the solid walls become so thin they disappear in the sunlight.

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The architects said they were motivated by the growing number of abandoned churches in Belgium, and the declining role of religion in the highly secularized country. They have titled their structure “Reading Between the Lines” because it “extends this idea of transparency onto the church and equally onto the…

I’m a big fan of shelves. What’s not to like? They’re immensely practical. Beyond holding items of importance off the floor and tables, they’re great parenting tools. Putting a misbehaving child’s toy on an out-of-reach shelf is a basic disciplinary tactic. The child can see the toy but cannot reach it…clear incentive to improve his or her behavior.

Can you imagine a house without shelves? What would we do with all of our stuff? It would be chaos, pandemonium, anarchy! We’d never find anything, and the dog would have unfettered access to un-canine materials. Beyond such tangible matters, we’d lose all kinds of great idioms like, “You’ve got to put the cookies on a lower shelf.” And, “It’s ready off the shelf.”

I could go on indefinitely about the…