Published on February 23, 2018
The world’s darkest building is at the 2018 Olympics
This building absorbs 99% of the light that hits it, making it the darkest in the world. It’s a temporary art installation built by the architect Asif Khan for the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang. He worked with a version of Vantablack, the darkest possible paint, to create the illusion of a void dotted with stars.
