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    BadUncle: There's also one adjacent to north west Balboa Park, in San Diego. more »
    Klebert L. Hall: These things are cool, but I wouldn't call $50K "cheap". They're really more like cabins than houses, and not all that mobile unless you have the heli... more »
    joetato: The Jitterbug Atom (#6) reminds me of the movie Demon Seed, where the supercomputer Proteus uses wedge shaped blocks to kill. more »
    J_Frank_Parnell: Wow, that crappy looking plastic furniture didn't sell? What a shocker. more »
    crashedpc - Haifisch: Nooo! I wanted a Buckminster Fuller diagram! Damn you rich nerds! It wouldn't surprise me if those 3-eyed aliens from the Toy Story movies lived in t... more »
    hamshank: I'd have the Bucky blueprints in an instant, but I like my UFOs to have wheels or at least feet, rather than a couple of I-beams and a pile of planks... more »
    NotChoinski: Are you sure the article wasn't called 'stuff that incidentally reminds me of Star Wars' versus 'Stuff that was actually influenced by Star Wars' more »
    B: Hey, is that Troy McClure's house? (picture four) more »
    Pessimippöpötåmus: What, no London City Hall? Or the Gherkin? more »
    NotChoinski: Nice pics. Random thoughts: 1. What's with building an impenetrable moat around your arts centers? Beijing, Norway, Sydney - or in case of Albany's eg... more »
    Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.: I done been to Hueco Tanks, the Vancouver space museum (the giant robot crab adds a lot), and all the ones in Southern California. more »
    Purple Dave: What about those towers from that one World's Fair, which were later revealed to actually _be_ UFOs? more »
    Leslie Powell: There's a small Star Destroyer on the downtown library in Minneapolis. [www.twinsballpark2010.com] more »
    Gann: Also, here's a building that looks suspiciously like the tardis: [www.glasgowwestend.co.uk] more »
    EBone: And the UCSD library: [www.dcresource.com] more »
    EBone: You left out the Discovery Science Center in Santa Ana CA. It IS the Borg Cube: [www.discoverycube.org] And it is enormous. more »
    Gann: Also, no love for the [www.spaceneedle.com] more »
    Gann: [shameless plug warning] I did a project in school that ended up looking spaceshipey: It had a window I called the Death Star Window: [/shamelss... more »
    Daveinva: HUGE omission here: the old Newseum building dome in Rosslyn (Arlington), Virginia. [users.ultrasys.net] Ever since they built it, I just couldn't dri... more »
    Doctor Who?: No pictures of the Egg? I'm disappointed: [www.bluffton.edu] more »
  • #scifiarchitecture

    Yesterday's House Of The Future Went Cheap

    You missed your chance to own a piece of retro-futurist awesomeness. The Futuro House, a Finnish flying-saucer-shaped masterpiece built (wait for it) in 1968, sold at auction for only $50,000. Also auctioned: a Zen chair, and Buckminster Fuller blueprints. More »
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    How Star Wars Changed Architecture

    Star Wars may have transformed science fiction, but it also changed the look of our buildings. Like this trendy building, borrowing from the Jawa sandcrawler. A high-powered architecture journal honored Star Wars' influence, and here are some Star Wars-inspired buildings. More »
  • #crackedoutdesign

    Buildings That Look Like Spaceships You've Never Seen

    Cutting-edge architecture, or weird starship design? Sometimes it's hard to tell. In our quest for buildings that look like famous spaceships, we came across some even more striking images that should be spaceships. Gallery below.
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    Buildings That Look Like Famous Spaceships: A Gallery

    Science fiction's influences are all around us — even in your office buildings. Architects have drawn inspiration from the Death Star, the Borg Cube, and other famous spaceships, and here's a gallery to prove it.
  • #mars

    Building An Ice Castle On Mars

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    Sails Of Steel And Glass Cut Through Future Cities

    The Jewish community in Poland wants to build a sail-shaped skyscraper like this one, from Japan. The planned building will tower over the old Warsaw ghetto as a monument to green self-sufficiency. The skyscraper (artist renderings in gallery after the jump) would use its voluptuous curves to generate enough wind power to keep the building running. It's also part of a trend in skyscrapers: some of the most futuristic buildings in the world are sail-shaped, with curved surfaces and a sharp peak. More cool sail-shaped buildings after the jump — some planned, some that already exist. More »