Tranquil Towers

I hope you’re good at watching your step, because today’s build looks quite hazardous. These pagodas, created by friends Shannooty and Aegos, are stunning, jutting out of the water like Atlantis re-emerging from the sea. But there’s also a lot of weird and wonderful gaps that you could easily take a tumble through! And we wouldn’t want that. Not until you’ve finished reading the article, at least.

Shannooty and Aegos have known each other for a long time, as they go to the same high school, and have become closer by building all kinds of fantastical creations together. “We started building with each other about four or five years ago and became better friends from then on,” Aegos explains.

This particular build was Shannooty’s idea, inspired by seeing art of these unique South and East Asian style buildings stacked one on top of the other, looking as if they might topple over at any moment but somehow managing to stay upright. Aegos had been on a bit of a break from building, but was ready to dive back in. “When Shannooty approached me with the idea of creating another build together, I was pretty keen,” he tells me.

There’s actually a video of the pair making the build, and it’s incredibly satisfying to watch. Mountains popping up from nowhere, detailed roofs being spun into existence, and the whole thing being layered up bit by bit as the clouds speed overhead.