Another example in ephemeral architecture, the big top tent of the Cirque du Solei OVO production based at Melbourne Docklands is quite a sight to behold, given it's scale and bright blue and yellow skin. The swirling reminds me of the ye old red and white rotating poles located outside barbershops. As far as circus' to run away to go, this would be a pretty much Willy and the Wonka chocolate factory on steroids. The vinyl skin of the tent was designed and manufactured by Voileries du Sud‑Ouest [link] and has travelled around the world numerous times with the various productions taking no less than 5 days with a team of 100 people to set it up.
