# What building is this?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 6, 2012, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-building-is-this/614965 "2012-03-06T20:03:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![hammos1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ba8739/32.png) [@hammos1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hammos1)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2012, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-building-is-this/614965/1 "2012-03-06T20:03:42Z")

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Ford has released some promotional shots of its new Focus EV, but I’m more interested to know what building it’s parked underneath. [See photos here](http://www.gizmag.com/ford-focus-electric-test-drive-opportunity/21718/pictures#5). It looks like a hugely overengineered solar array.

Assuming it’s not photoshopped/ CG, does anyone know where this photo was taken?

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**Author:** ![ouryL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ouryl/32/6067_2.png) [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2012, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-building-is-this/614965/2 "2012-03-06T21:33:42Z")

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Looks like a parking garage to me, albeit a modern one.

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**Author:** ![Lukeinva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lukeinva/32/17872_2.png) [@Lukeinva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lukeinva)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2012, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-building-is-this/614965/3 "2012-03-06T21:53:54Z")

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> [@ouryL](#):
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> Looks like a parking garage to me, albeit a modern one.

A parking garage with steps and no parking spaces? :dubious:

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**Author:** ![anson2995](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c77e96/32.png) [@anson2995](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anson2995)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2012, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-building-is-this/614965/4 "2012-03-06T21:55:27Z")

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Looks like the underside of a sports stadium to me… but I’d like to hear the answer.

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**Author:** ![Dorjan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dorjan/32/12440_2.png) [@Dorjan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dorjan)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2012, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-building-is-this/614965/5 "2012-03-06T21:59:04Z")

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They are solar panels at a park in Barcelona:

> **[Solar Structures at Forum Park by Victoria](http://77daysinbarcelona.blogspot.com/2011/09/solar-structures-at-forum-park-by.html)**
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> Today we went to the solar panels. Recently the EU gave Barcelona an award for being very green in their solar power production. They are a ...