The outdoor spaces could also be used for urban farming, and localizing the food supply.
Related post previously on sharkride - farming tower.
and, of course, my tower concept structure with neighborhoods, and classic homes.
THE 38-Floor tower has 150,000 LED’s on its walls. Specialists in interactive art design create themed light shows that last two months. A previous theme, Touch (video below), allowed people to control the lights on the building from a large touch screen across the street. For more information, click here.
Check out this biowall, which has an illustration of its air purification function (link).
[previous biowalls on sharkride here]
Check out this link for the full list and information.
Check out this video about a proposed megacity pyramid to be constructed in Tokyo Bay. 24 eighty story skyscrapers would be constructed within it, accommodating a population the size of San Francisco. As Donald Trump says, “If you are going to be thinking anyway, you might as well think big.” [thanks, Gizmodo for the tip]
European company Loftcube has developed a modular unit, which is specifically designed for the rooftop of buildings. The high-end version, with a bathroom and kitchen is US $180,000, and can be delivered either by helicopter or crane. Wouldn’t it be cool to live on a city rooftop?
Born Rich has an interesting post about its top ten picks for futuristic hotels - click here to check it out!
previous hotel related posts:
The Radisson huge lobby acquarium
The tennis court heliport at Burj al Arab
Poseidon underwater hotel (conceptual video):
As a video guy, I have to say the following video isn’t even worth your time to watch. However, the concept is interesting. The building is basically pre-fab in a factory, and assembled resource efficiently and quickly. Each floor spins like a turbine to generate power, and the tower can potentially generate enough power to not only power itself, but also 10 other similarly sized structures.
Bearfire Resort, a 650,000 sq ft skip slope to be located in Dallas/Fort Worth area in Texas, will use an artificial ski surface technology called Snowflex. The project is expected to be completed in 2008 at a cost of $375 million.
Sweden-based Oceanic Creations is developing new construction methods and materials for floating buildings. The floating buildings offer the potential for low-impact environmental construction, with non-aging composite materials that are 6 x lighter and 10 x stronger than steel, and require virtually no maintenance. The company’s first project will be a Mayan inspired hotel to be located near Cancun, Mexico, with a construction cost of $209 million. [via CNN]
