According to the Intergovernmental Group on the Evolution of the Climate the ocean level will rise from 20 to 90 cm during the 21st Century .

As a solution to this problem architect Vincent Callebaut designed a building that could serve as a luxurious future space for 50,000 inhabitants who will want refuge from rising waters.

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Sarah Featherstone’s modern green house was sold for a record-breaking £7.2million, or $14.2million USD!

The home is known as Orchid House and is one of the key homes on Lower Mill Estate which is a project to turn a disused gravel pit into a beautiful nature reserve.

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In celebration of Saudi Aramco Oil Company’s 75th Anniversary, the King Abdulaziz Center for Knowledge and Culture wants to be a breathtaking tribute to the founder of the modern state of Saudi Arabia, King Abdulaziz.

Located on Dammam Dome, the futuristic structure will stand alongside the site of Prosperity Well No.7 which was the first well in the nation to yield oil in commercial quantities.

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With 70 square meters this house is made of two prefabricated modules perched one on top of the other. The designers pivoted the top unit to create a variety of interesting integrated outdoor spaces with indoor spaces.

What is gorgeus is that you can build your house from as many prefab modules as you want and make as big as you want.

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Atkins has won an international competition to design a resort hotel which is going to be built in a 100 meter deep quarry in the Songjiang district near to Shanghai in China.

Although from these pictures the hotel looks almost unreal, the project is expected to be completed by May, 2009.

The quarry will protect the resort from the weather and reduce the energy needs of the hotel. The complex will contain restaurants, cafes, sport facilities, and will even include underwater public areas and guestrooms.

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