Ushiku Daibutsu of Ushiku, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan

Height : 110 m (Tallest in the world!)

Guan Yin of Sanya, Hainan, China

Height : 108 m

Emperors Yan and Huang of Zhengzhou, China

Height : 106 m

Dai Kannon of Sendai, Japan

Height : 100 m (2 X Olympic size swimming pool length)

Peter the Great of Moscow, Russia

Height : 96 m

Grand Buddha at Ling Shan of Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, China

Height : 88 m

Dai Kannon at Kita no Miyako park of Ashibetsu, Hokkaido, Japan

Height : 88 m

Rodina Mat’Zovyot! (Mother Motherland Calls) at Mamayev Kurgan of Volgograd, Russia

Height : 85 m

Awaji Kannon of Awaji Island, Hyago Prefecture, Japan

Height : 80 m

Great Standing Maitreya Buddha of Beipu, Hsinchu County, Taiwan, China

Height : 72 m

Leshan Giant Buddha of Leshan, China

Height : 71 m

Mother Motherland of Kiev, Ukraine

Height : 62 m

Jibo Kannon at Narita-san temple of Kurume, Fukuoka prefecture, Japan

Height : 62 m

Guan Yin at Mount Xiqiao of Nanhai district, Guangzhou, China

Height : 62 m

Aizu Jibo Dai-Kannon of Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima, Japan

Height : 57 m

Tokyo Wan Kannon of Futtsu, Chiba, Japan

Height : 56 m

Hanuman Murti of New Delhi, India

Height : 53 m

Usami Dai-Kannon of Izu Peninsula, Ito, Shizuoka, Japan

Height : 50 m

Dai Kannon of Kamaishi, Iwate, Japan

Height : 48.5 m

Ten Directions Pu Xian Buddha of Mount Emei, Sichuan province, China

Height : 48 m

Vargen de la Paz (Virgin of Peace) of Trujillo, Venezuela

Height : 46.7 m

Liberty Enlightening the World of Liberty Island, New York, United States

Height : 46 m

Birth of the New Man (Christopher Columbus) of Sevilla, Spain

Height : 45 m

Lord Murugan of Batu Caves, Gombak, Malaysia

Height : 42.7 m

Grand Byakue Kannon of Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture, Japan

Height : 41.8 m

Great Matzu of Meizhou Island, Fujian, China

Height : 40.5 m

Jose Maria Morelos of Janitzio island, Michoacan, Mexico

Height : 40 m

Fo Guang Shan Amitabha Buddha of Kaohsiung, Taiwan, China

Height : 40 m

Lord Shiva of Murudeshwara, district of Uttara Kannada, Karnataka, India

Height : 37 m

The Merlion of Sentosa, Republic of Singapore

Height : 37 m

Padmasambhava (Guru Rinpoche) of Namchi, India

Height : 36 m

Bodhisattva Kannon of Tazawako, Akita prefecture, Japan

Height : 35 m

Cristo de la Concordia of Cochabamba, Bolivia

Height : 34.2 m

Tian Tan Buddha of Ngong Ping, Lantau Island, Hong Kong

Height : 34 m

Notre-Dame du Sacre-Coeur (Our Lady of the Sacred Heart) of Le Mas-Rillier in Dombes, Ain department, France

Height : 33 m

Golden Maitreya Buddha of Beopjusa, Naesongni-myeon, Chungcheongbuk-do province, South Korea

Height : 33 m

Laozi statue in Mount Mao near Zhenjiang of Jiangsu province, China

Height : 33 m

Mindroling Monastery Buddha of Dehradun, Uttarakhand state, India

Height : 32.6 m

Standing Buddha in Wat Indrawiharn of Bangkok, Thailand

Height : 32 m

Bhaisajyaguru in Nihon-Ji Temple of Kyonan, Awa District, Chiba, Japan

Height : 31 m

Lord Shiva of the Har-ki-Pauri, Haridwar, Uttarakhand, India

Height : 30.5 m

Virgen de El Panecillo (Virgin in The Panecillo) of Quito, Ecuador

Height : 30 m

Guan Yin of Kek Lok Si Temple, Air Itam, Penang island, Malaysia

Height : 30 m

Cristo Redentor de Concorvado (Christ the Redeemer) of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Height : 30 m

Cristo del Otero (Jesus) of Palencia, Spain

Height : 30 m

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It looks like the flower Buddha sits on. Looks well padded all around.

This picture was taken during the Stockholm furniture fair in February. The brown seats are elevated by a short steel pole. looks contemporary.

How living rooms would look like if Apple were to move into furniture business.

Huge but simple bookshelf in the living room. The colour of the furnitures fit well.

The colour combination reminds me of Haagen Dazs.

The roundedness of the seats makes it feel modern-like.

Saves space when not in use. The flexibility of sitting face-in or facing the side caters to different number of guests.

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Well, here's the proposal of an internationally known designer, Michael Jantzen. The Wind Shaped Pavilion. His current project is made up of large fabric and it's section position is randomly rotated by the wind. It's not only cool in design but it is also useful. It's rotation generates electricity for illumination during the night. Cool! I've taken a few samples from the original website

Here's all 6 units in symmetrical order.

 And this is what happens when the wind blows.

Here's a picture taken from the top.

 And here's how it looks like inside