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No, it doesn't travel at warp speed, but what sets this UFO apart from the others is that you can actually live in it. Featuring "three floors, three bedrooms, two bathrooms, kitchen, living room and scenic view." Click here for first picture in gallery.

UFO house, which has a single entry point via a button activated stair case, curved bar area and customized bathtub, as well as various UFO paneled controls throughout that are simply priceless, or so you would think

This color changing concert hall, located in France, will be "used for everything from sporting events to theater performances." Click here for first picture in gallery.

Using a combination of glass bricks and fluorescent lights with color filters, the building displays a serene color spectrum across the entire length of the structure

With living units priced from $180,000 - $2.5-million, "Freedom Ship" could be home to thousands when/if the ice caps melt. Features include: a casino, school system, and "more than 100 acres of outdoor park, recreation, exercise and community space." Click here for one more picture.

Now the Freedom Ship company has a new set of designs for the floating urban space, which looks sort of like a giant mall parking lot, and sort of like a really giant Love Boat

The $300-million Masdar HQ in Abu Dhabi is claimed to be the world's first "positive energy" building -- creates more energy than it uses. Click here for first picture in gallery.

The Masdar HQ is the very vision of a greener future. In fact, a roof pier will be the first part of the building to be hoisted into place, which will be covered in solar panels that will generate energy for its own construction

Dubia is set to build a "1.5-billion-square-foot Waterfront City" on an artificial island, designed by Rem Koolhaas, that "will be divided into 25 identical blocks -- populated by a mix of tall and squat towers punctuated by more fantastic buildings." Click here for first picture in gallery.

..like a spiraling 82-story tower, and a 44-story sphere that will be its own mini-city within a mini-city complete with a sprawling network of escalator tubes

At first glance, this may look like a facade, but in reality, it's a cleverly disguised water tower that has been converted into a loft. Video after the break. Click here for first picture in gallery.

what you're actually looking at is the top of an old 30,000 gallon water tower, brilliantly designed 85 years ago by architects who were asked to disguise what would have been an ugly 70ft high blot on the landscape of thorpeness - the village who benefited from its water storage capabilities until 1977

That's right, a Death Star-inspired hotel is set to open in Burka, Azerbaijan. Standing 521-feet high, it features 382 rooms and 35-plus floors. Click here for first picture in gallery.

They call it "Full Moon" but they are not fooling us: this is a fully armed, fully operational battle station

Most homes look boring, the Nautilus does not. This shell-shaped creation "is dominated by smooth surfaces, spiral stairs and natural plantings that makes the inhabitants feel like they're living inside a snail." Click here for first picture in gallery.

Taking cues from a Nautilus shell, the house is put together using ferrocement construction, a technique involving a frame of steel-reinforced chicken wire with a special two-inch-thick composite of concrete spread over it, resulting in a structure that's earthquake-proof and maintenance-free

According to Guinness World Records, this offshore gas platform is the "tallest structure ever moved by humans over the surface of the earth." It weighs a hefty 1.2-million tons. Click here for first picture in gallery.

..following construction, over a period of 7 days, 'troll a' was towed from rogaland in norway to the troll gas field in the north sea - a total of 174 nautical miles

Dubai is set to spend $817-million on building the world's largest arch bride, at 617-feet tall and 1-mile in length. Expect it to be in service by 2012. Click here for first picture in gallery.

And architecture that looks like it's from the 22nd century only adds to the sheer grandeur of its growth—this bridge, envisioned by NY architecture firm Fxfowle, will be the largest and tallest arch bridge in the world