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Looks like Baba Yaga and Wizard Howl were onto something. According to Danish artists Ion Sørvin and Øivind Alexander Slaatto and MIT student Samuel Kronick, walking houses are the ultimate living spaces of the future. The team of three designed a solar-powered, six-legged abode with a living room, bed, toilet, kitchen, and wood stove — and this week, the ambulant invention took its first tour around Cambridgeshire, England. More »
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Meet the new Chinatown. Gone are the streets cluttered with cheesy restaurants and unauthentic looks — hello, floating star city. The Superstar city (from the minds of MAD) is a work of conceptual architecture that remedies the old "Chinatown" stereotype. Calling the old look a "kitsch image of contemporary China," the designers propose this radical shock therapy to fix the look. Not only will this floating city include restaurants, streets, spas and homes, but museums and cultural experiences as well. Plus the designers want it to float to each future Olympic host city to educate the masses and host festivities. More »
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