The Kingdom Tower, a 3000ft tall futuristic skyscraper, is ready to be erected in Saudi Arabia. But for engineers, it’s a tall order. They are trying to work out how to pump wet concrete half a mile skywards.
The Kingdom Tower, a 3000ft tall futuristic skyscraper, is ready to be erected in Saudi Arabia. But for engineers, it’s a tall order. They are trying to work out how to pump wet concrete half a mile skywards.
The Kingdom Tower, a 3000ft tall futuristic skyscraper, is ready to be erected in Saudi Arabia. But for engineers, it’s a tall order. They are trying to work out how to pump wet concrete half a mile skywards.
The city of Ordos was designed to be the crowning glory of Inner Mongolia, but it was doomed to incompletion. Now this futuristic metropolis rises empty out of the deserts of northern China.
The city of Ordos was designed to be the crowning glory of Inner Mongolia, but it was doomed to incompletion. Now this futuristic metropolis rises empty out of the deserts of northern China.
The city of Ordos was designed to be the crowning glory of Inner Mongolia, but it was doomed to incompletion. Now this futuristic metropolis rises empty out of the deserts of northern China.
The "visual futurist" Syd Mead has helped design some of Hollywood's most iconic film worlds, using the amoral nature of technology to fashion neat and horrible fantasies.
At the 2003 North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Michigan, Dodge unveiled a motorized quadricycle with futuristic design that cost $100 million to develop.
The "visual futurist" Syd Mead has helped design some of Hollywood's most iconic film worlds, using the amoral nature of technology to fashion neat and horrible fantasies.