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2011 Skyscraper Contest: Energy Harvesters, Domes With Holes, and Other Buildings of the Future


More Info: http://www.popsci.com/technology/art...ildings-future

Hosted by the architecture magazine eVolo, the competition is meant to stimulate discussion, development and promotion of new concepts for vertical density. Participants are asked to examine the relationships among the skyscraper and the natural world, the community and the city.

The top three awards went to designs that focus on the environment, whether it’s through cleaning polluted air or re-imagining one of the marvels of the modern world, the Hoover Dam. A host of honorable mentions include environmental cleanup facilities, sustainable communities and even subterranean communities for the living and the dead.

First Place: A Ferris Wheel Greenhouse Made of Recycled Cars

http://www.popsci.com/technology/gal...crapers-future






Second Place: Flattened Tower

http://www.popsci.com/technology/gal...future?image=1






Third Place: The Hoover Dam, Reimagined

http://www.popsci.com/technology/gal...future?image=2






Honorable Mention: Tower For the Dead

http://www.popsci.com/technology/gal...future?image=3






Honorable Mention: Sports Complex

http://www.popsci.com/technology/gal...future?image=4






Honorable Mention: The Sixth Borough

http://www.popsci.com/technology/gal...future?image=5






Honorable Mention: Hydra Power Station

http://www.popsci.com/technology/gal...future?image=6






Honorable Mention: Seascrapers

http://www.popsci.com/technology/gal...future?image=7






Honorable Mention: Lady Landfill Skyscraper

http://www.popsci.com/technology/gal...future?image=8






Honorable Mention: Rhizome Tower

http://www.popsci.com/technology/gal...future?image=9






PopSci Choice Award: Moonscraper

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