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A seascraper, also known as a waterscraper, is a proposed large building which will function as a floating city.It would generate its own energy through wave, wind, current, solar, etc. and produce its own food through farming, aquaculture, hydroponics, etc. [1] The term "Seascraper" is an analogous derivative of "Skyscraper".
A sea-based location and a Mount Fuji shape were some of this building's other major design features—Mount Fuji itself is 3,776 metres (12,388 ft) high, making it 224 metres (735 ft) shorter than the X-Seed 4000. The X-Seed 4000 was projected to be twice the height of the Shimizu Mega-City Pyramid at 2,004 metres (6,575 ft). The Shimizu Mega ...
The first single-family seastead was launched near Phuket, Thailand by Ocean Builders in March 2019. [22] [23] Two months later, the Thai Navy claimed the seastead was a threat to Thai sovereignty. [24] In 2019, Ocean Builders said it will be building again in Panama, with the support of government officials. [25]
Louis Henry Sullivan (September 3, 1856 – April 14, 1924) [1] was an American architect, and has been called a "father of skyscrapers" [2] and "father of modernism". [3] He was an influential architect of the Chicago School, a mentor to Frank Lloyd Wright, and an inspiration to the Chicago group of architects who have come to be known as the Prairie School.
Ocean is a residential skyscraper located at 84 The Esplanade, Surfers Paradise, Gold Coast, Australia. The 78-storey tower includes 722 apartments, is the largest on the Gold Coast. Facilities include a recreation area with swimming pool, spa, fitness courtyard, and barbecue area, located on the top level of a five-level podium.
Many tall buildings use elevators in a non-standard configuration to reduce their footprint. Buildings such as the former World Trade Center's Twin Towers and Chicago's John Hancock Center use sky lobbies, where express elevators take passengers to upper floors which serve as the base for local elevators. This allows architects and engineers to ...
A large model of the habitat is on display in the lobby of the Johnson Presidential Library in Austin, Texas. [ 7 ] In Isaac Asimov 's story " Shah Guido G. ", the hereditary Secretary-General of the United Nations ("Sekjen") is a tyrant who rules the Earth from a flying island called Atlantis .
Ocean One was a proposed skyscraper intended for construction at Jomtien Beach, located near Pattaya, Thailand. The planned structure was designed to reach a height of 367 metres (1,204 ft) with 91 floors and a total of 587 residential units. The proposed site lies just 250 meters from one of Asia's most popular beaches.