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Many thought Saudi Arabia’s The LINE skyscraper city in the desert would remain a concept for years to come, but it is already under construction, according to the latest satellite imagery. No structures appear to have gone vertical yet, although zooming in on the aerial photo reveals a fleet of bulldozers, trucks, and diggers excavating the site.
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You’ve seen a steeplejack atop the Chrysler Building, so why not take a look inside a penthouse at 111 West 57th Street, the world’s thinnest skyscraper? It’s located on Billionaire’s Row, a set of ultra-luxury residential skyscrapers, built along the southern end of Central Park in Manhattan, New York City.
ICON and Lennar have started construction on a community of 100 3D-printed homes in Georgetown, Texas that combine robotics, software as well as advanced materials. Each Lennar home in the Wolf Ranch community is co-designed by architectural firm BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group, and prices are expected to start from the mid-$400,000s.
First, there was the Starburst House, now Jeep Japan has unveiled their very own modular, solar-powered container house designed for off-the-grid living. The idea is that you would be able to quickly pack up its foldable sides and move to another location without having to worry about disassembling anything.
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Artist duo Studio DRIFT used drones equipped with special software to create life-sized renders of what the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona, Spain and other famous structures would look like when finished. The believe that finishing them with light emphasizes the potential positive power of our current high-tech developments in relation to the slow, yet beautiful, building methods of the past.
TinyTendo is more of a novelty item, while the Wee House, or the tiniest house in Scotland, can actually be lived in. The story circulating states that it was built on Loch Shin near the Scottish village of Lairg in 1824 by poacher Jock Broon who was gifted land by a person who owned a large estate in return for being taught how to distill whisky.
Always wanted an origami-inspired computer mouse? Meet Air.0. When not in use, this computer mouse folds completely flat and can then be snapped to activate in less than 0.5-seconds. Since it weighs just 40g and measures only 4.5mm thick, you’ll easily be able to slide this into a jacket pocket or bag without any of the bulk.
While not as daring as the cliff-hanging Air Cabin, this mirror cabin by Arcana was designed to blend into its surrounding forest in Ontario, Canada. The designers were aiming for something that respected the ‘power and beauty’ of nature, while still being safe to wildlife. To accomplish this, they applied a film to all of the reflective surfaces that allows birds to identify the cabin as an object in the landscape.
Samsung partnered with Starbucks recently, so it’s no surprise that Danish high-end consumer electronics company Bang & Olufsen decided to do the same. This time, the two companies joined forces to open a new South Korea store with a Hankok-inspired design in Daegu. It was apparently built inside the Daegu Jongno Old House, a reinterpretation of a 100-year-old structure where tradition and modern beauty coexist.
A Futuro house isn’t some UFO movie prop, but rather a real-life living space in which less than 100-units were built during the late 1960s and early 1970s. This particular one was built in 1974 and has been fully restored, keeping the original theme as well as 1970s vibe. Inside, you’ll find a few modern touches as well, including designer furniture (Luici Colani, etc.) and a game room with retro arcade machines.