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Nomadic Urbanism: Futuristic Walking City Draws on History
[ By WebUrbanist in Architecture & Cities & Urbanism. ] The notion of a mobile city is not new, but in this case, the architect has gone to great lengths to construct a vision that could...
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Nautical Architectures: Electrified Reefs to Waterfall Prisons
[ By WebUrbanist in Conceptual & Futuristic & Technology. ] Like a speculative fiction novelist, Margot Krasojevic creates fantastical work that manages to combine real design challenges of...
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Futurbanist: 10 Award-Worthy 2014 eVolo Skyscraper Designs
[ By WebUrbanist in Conceptual & Futuristic & Technology. ] From 3D-printed towers of sand to garbage-powered architecture of the seas, these eVolo Skyscraper Competition entries push the...
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Ultimate DIY RV: High-Tech Caravan Made for a 4-Year-Old
[ By WebUrbanist in Technology & Vehicles & Mods. ] Named after its creator’s progeny, the Kirivan may be the most impressive mobile home ever made, using cutting-edge technologies to blend...
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Street Smart: Solar Roadway Lights Up & Feeds Power Grid
[ By WebUrbanist in Conceptual & Futuristic & Technology. ] Currently in crowdfunding, these hexagonal pavers can provide energy, melt accumulated snow and ice, light up with LEDs, all while...
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The Future Takes Flight: 13 Forward-Thinking Airport Ideas
[ By Steph in Architecture & Public & Institutional. ] With their inefficient terminals and bloated footprints, today’s airports are typically ill-equipped to adapt to sharp increases in...
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SkyTran: 2-Person Maglev Monorail Could Replace Cars
[ By Steph in Conceptual & Futuristic & Technology. ] Two-person monorail pods zoom down from the sky at a command from your smart phone in a futuristic commercial transit system set to be...
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All Terrains: 3 Futuristic Land, Sea & Air E-Vehicle Designs
[ By WebUrbanist in Technology & Vehicles & Mods. ] This amazing all-terrain land variant is just the first of three compelling electric vehicles conceptualized with lightweight materials and...
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Hyperphotos: Architectural Hybrids Remix Built Environments
[ By WebUrbanist in Art & Photography & Video. ] There is something almost mystical (or mythical) about these photographic collages, at once apparently realistic in content and seemingly...
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Future Typing: 15 Creative Keyboard Designs & Concepts
[ By Steph in Gaming & Computing & Technology. ] If your hand has ever molded into a claw from typing on a conventional keyboard for too long, or you’re in the habit of hovering over your...
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Real Holodeck: 360-Degree Immersive Home Gaming Environment
[ By WebUrbanist in Gaming & Computing & Technology. ] Using a series of networked camera-and-projector units, this working demonstration turns an entire living room into and interactive...
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Shape-Shifting Architecture: Material Morphs with Heat & Air
[ By WebUrbanist in Conceptual & Futuristic & Technology. ] This project asks a question that goes to the heart of how we think of buildings, asking: what if architectural shapes and...
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View Forward: Driverless London Train Cars Arriving in 2020
[ By WebUrbanist in Technology & Vehicles & Mods. ] Called the New Tube, the next phase in London’s Underground system will feature partially and entirely automated cars, including ones that...
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Hoverboards are Here! Design Floats Above Metal Surfaces
[ By Steph in Conceptual & Futuristic & Technology. ] Twenty-five years after ‘Back to the Future’ convinced an entire generation that we’d soon be able to zoom around the city on wheel-less...
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Under Construction: World’s First Concrete-Printing Robot
[ By WebUrbanist in Conceptual & Futuristic & Technology. ] An interdisciplinary team of architects and material specialists is developing a commercially-viable 3D-printing machine capable of...
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Seabed City: Chinese Company Designs Underwater Ocean Spiral
[ By WebUrbanist in Conceptual & Futuristic & Technology. ] Slated to cost over $25 billion and take 5 years to complete, this incredible proposal starts a with a living sphere that spans over...
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Omnidirectional Elevators: Maglev Tech to Reshape Skylines
[ By WebUrbanist in Conceptual & Futuristic & Technology. ] Effectively using the same magnetic levitation technologies employed in high-speed trains, the MULTI elevator system conveys people...
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Driverless Living Space: Future Car Envisioned as Mobile Room
[ By WebUrbanist in Conceptual & Futuristic & Technology. ] Blending elements of rigorous automotive and interior design, this concept car may look like a streamlined vehicle but is more akin...
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Non-Stop Rail: 2 Future Trains Pick Up Passengers in Motion
[ By WebUrbanist in Conceptual & Futuristic & Technology. ] Saving time, energy and bridging the gap between high-speed rail and local-only service, these proposed solutions (each in their own...
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Cyberpunk City: Reframing Tokyo as a Futuristic Wonderland
[ By WebUrbanist in Culture & History & Travel. ] With a background and interests in skateboarding, anime and architecture, this photographer brings both a youthful imagination and an...
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