I had some free time at work on Friday so took the opportunity to visit (with Tim, who had the day off from work) the National Building Museum, which was hosting an installation titled “Hive,” by Studio Gang. From the museum website:

“Soaring to the uppermost reaches of the Museum, Hive is built entirely of more than 2,700 wound paper tubes, a construction material that is recyclable, lightweight, and renewable. The tubes vary in size from several inches to 10 feet high and will be interlocked to create three dynamic interconnected, domed chambers. Reaching 60 feet tall, the installation’s tallest dome features an oculus over 10 feet in diameter. The tubes feature a reflective silver exterior and vivid magenta interior, creating a spectacular visual contrast with the Museum’s historic nineteenth-century interior and colossal Corinthian columns.”

Talk about terrible distortion! I tried to fix some of it but of course distorted it in a different way. Still, it gives a good view of the hive from above.

Inside one of the hives, posted earlier: