Environment

Jerusalem's Flower-Like Streetlights Bloom When You Approach

The public sculptures provide nighttime light and shelter from the sun.
Dor Kedmi/HQ Architects

Ever wonder what it feels like being a honeybee on the prowl? Travel to Jerusalem’s Valero Square, then, where immense sculptures mimic flowers by yawning open when you draw near.

The installation from Tel Aviv’s HQ Architects, titled “Warde,” is meant to inject life into the square’s dejected appearance, the firm explains at Designboom: