The
'darkest building on
Earth' is at the
Winter Olympic Games
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"There's something about this that's so black, it's like how much more black could this be? And the answer is none. None more black."
Spinal Tap's inane discussion of their pitch-black album cover is the best way we can get a handle on the brand-new pavilion unveiled at the Pyeongchang
Winter Olympic Games*in South Korea.
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A new project commissioned by Hyundai, British architect Asif Khan's 10-meter-high temporary
building has been erected specifically for the Games, which officially begin on Friday, Feb. 9.
In what's being called "the darkest
building on Earth," Khan's structure has employed a sprayable version of the ominous
Vantablack pigment. Created by UK researchers in 2014 and
trademarked by British artist Anish Kapoor, Vantablack is touted as the darkest known artificial substance in the world — it absorbs up to 99.965 percent of light that hits its surface.*
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