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more about #structuralengineering more comments → Andrew Liptak: Babylon 5! more » Jrsy Devil's Advocate®: Wow, that's a lot of space balls... more » Belabras: Someone forgot to include this little baby more » _MARVKO_: I like the World Ship because it looks like French bread, and I'm hungry. more » tetracycloide: where's the tree ship Yggdrasill or the sentient vessal know only as sovereign or the [insert other reference to science fiction media of some kind]. more » Pope John Peeps II: What's that big circular one that looks like a small moon with a crater in it? Is it some sort of giant station? I've never seen it before. Not ever. ... more » Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.: You know. As someone who is currently half-way through "Garden of Rama" I feel you are leaving out a big one. more » braak: You are, as usual, completely correct.: Aw, man, where's that crazy thing from Matter where the spiky ball people live? more » KhaiJB: the 'worldships'....thats the Liberator flying backwards! more » Belabras: I'll take Ring World, as long as we can get the matter transformation device working. more » Mount_Prion: What, no Wall-E love? more » Hamslicer: Is the habitat from Silent Running in there? more » crashedpc - Haifisch: I think I'll pass on the Death Star, thanks. Something about it being easily blown up makes me queasy. The world of Virga was awesome, though. I haven... more » -
#conceptart
The Megastructures Where You'll Live in Space
Where will you live when we move from our savage planetary existence to interstellar life on massive, engineered structures? We've got a gallery of concept art featuring some gorgeous, awe-inspiring ideas. More » -
#structuralengineering
Eiffel Tower's Massive New Observation Deck to be Made of Kevlar Webbing
The Eiffel Tower has remained exactly the same for 120 years, but this year builders will be attaching a temporary, carbon Kevlar observation deck to its uppermost reaches. French architecture firm Serero will help Paris celebrate the 120th birthday of the tower by more than doubling the floor space at its top. We've got a full frontal tower view below. More »
