JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
HTML
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.5/css/bootstrap.min.css">
<script src="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.5/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery.cycle2/20140415/jquery.cycle2.min.js"></script>
<div class="container">
<div class="row">
<div class="col-lg-12">
<div class="row equalheight" style='margin-bottom:10px'>
<div class="col-lg-4 col-md-4 col-sm-4 col-xs-4 nopadding">
<ul class="cycle-slideshow" data-cycle-slides='li'>
<li><img class="img-responsive" src="http://lorempixel.com/400/200/"></li>
<li><img class="img-responsive" src="http://lorempixel.com/800/400/"></li>
<li><img class="img-responsive" src="http://lorempixel.com/600/300/"></li>
<li><img class="img-responsive" src="http://lorempixel.com/400/200/"></li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="col-lg-4 col-md-4 col-sm-4 col-xs-4 nopadding"></div>
<div class="col-lg-4 col-md-4 col-sm-4 col-xs-4 nopadding"></div>
</div>
<div class="row equalheight">
<div class="col-xs-4 col-sm-4 col-md-4 col-lg-4 nopadding"></div>
<div class="col-xs-4 col-sm-4 col-md-4 col-lg-4 nopadding">
<ul class="cycle-slideshow" data-cycle-slides='li'>
<li><img class="img-responsive" src="http://lorempixel.com/450/200/"></li>
<li><img class="img-responsive" src="http://lorempixel.com/700/400/"></li>
<li><img class="img-responsive" src="http://lorempixel.com/650/300/"></li>
<li><img class="img-responsive" src="http://lorempixel.com/400/200/"></li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="col-xs-4 col-sm-4 col-md-4 col-lg-4 nopadding">
<ul class="cycle-slideshow" data-cycle-slides='li'>
<li><img class="img-responsive" src="http://lorempixel.com/400/200/"></li>
...
CSS
.nopadding {
padding: 0 !important;
margin: 0 !important;
}
JavaScript
$(document).ready(function(){
var maxHeight = 0;
$(".img-responsive").each(function(){
var currentHeight = $(this).height();
if (currentHeight > maxHeight)
maxHeight = currentHeight;
});
$("div.equalheight").height(maxHeight);
});