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This floating city is connected to neighboring towns by long, graceful catwalks that seem to reach out of enormous banks of mist on overcast days. Far below, there's a planet-bound industrial complex. More »
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When climate change allows oceans to wash over the lands we once called home, you're going to want to immigrate to one of the ecopolises that Belgian architect Vincent Callebaut created for his LILYPAD concept project. Callebaut's cities will float on the oceans swollen by the water from melted icebergs, and produce their own foodstuffs for up to 50,000 people whose homes are stacked inside "hills" where plants are grown. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5030307&view=rss&microfeed=true Waterworld may have drowned at the box office, but this shot of Kevin Costnersailing into the 1,021 ton floating city shows how breathtakingly original and stark its postapocalyptic vision was. Critics mocked Waterworld's massive $175 million budget, but the truth is, you can see every penny on screen. The makers of Waterworld didn't just show us a model or mock-up of the floating city, they actually built the thing. More »
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