The ever-changing facades of the Aqua Building. Depending on how close (or far) you are standing to the building, the facade either "opens up" with more glass exposure, or closes with less glass exposure. In this third view, the building swells up with expanded balconies. How nice it would be to get a few photos from these balconies. Tomorrow's final photo of the Aqua Building might leave you a bit queasy. Pictured is the west facade of the Aqua Building in Chicago, Illinois. Photo taken…

Floating cities are futuristic architectural designs that reflect our dreams of living on the water

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Burhan Centre - Practice Design Concept : of the shape , but i try to show the idea through the lines and holes on the elevations taken from water's shapes , which reflect the spirit of the natural beauty

Zaha Hadid Architects just emerged as the victorious design team in an international competition in the United Arab Emirates and will be tasked to draw up the centerpiece of the Aljada master plan in the city of Sharjah, Dubai's neighbor to the northeast. Work is scheduled to begin next year...

under the ‘connecting minds, creating the future’, the three practices reveal their designs of structures that embody the sub-themes of dubai expo 2020.

Enhance your interior look while also providing practical storage and display space with the stylish look. In the modern business environment, it no longer takes multiple decades for new ideas to take root. Instead, thanks to increased connectivity, instantaneous communication, and big leaps in computing power, these new innovations can rise to prominence in much shorter time spans. As these changes surface, companies can either help pioneer these new technologies.

Vincent Callebaut Architectures have shared with ARCH2O this project, called Solar Drop. Located at the end of a long breakwater off the coast of Abu Dhabi,

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Image 9 of 29 from gallery of eVolo 2014 Skyscraper Competition Winners. Honorable Mention: “PieXus Tower: Maritime Transportation Hub Skyscraper For Hong Kong” / Chris Thackrey, Steven Ma, Bao An Nguyen Phuoc, Christos Koukis, Matus Nedecky, Stefan Turcovsky (US). Image Courtesy of eVolo

Futuristic utopias have long been the dream of urban planners, sociologists and science fiction writers. These 10 examples showcase some of the weird, wild, and workable plans for living tomorrow…

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Silicon Valley once dreamed of self-made micronations where entrepreneurs could flourish. But building a government, it turns out, isn't as easy as starting a company.

Image 6 of 8 from gallery of Changsha Meixihu International Culture and Art Centre / Zaha Hadid Architects. Photograph by Zaha Hadid Architects

The North Korean leader was pictured beaming in front of the shiny new building on an island in Pyongyang where, no doubt, he hopes the secretive state will further their nuclear ambitions.