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This Indoor Golf Center will be built in the Netherlands. It is touted as the world’s largest indoor golf center. The building will feature 34 bays and 15000 square feet of practice facilities with bunkers and water hazards. It is expected that the golf center will drive more than 150,000 visitors per year due to its amazing look and facilities. See more pictures after the jump. [Tuvie] Read more
Sener from Spain and Masdar from Abu Dhabi have signed a contract to built solar-powered plants that will produces a 1,000 megawatts within 10 years’ time. One of the designs features an array of mirrors mounted on the ground which will reflect the sunlight to the top of a tower to create steam. This steam will power an electricity turbine to send power to the rest of the city. A number of solar thermal power plants are being proposed for the Southwest United States and Spain. [CNet]
China is starting construction on the world’s tallest ferris wheel (680-feet), that is slated for a 2009 completion. The $99 million Beijing Great Wheel was supposed to be open to tourists at next summer’s Olympic Games, however it had been delayed by a number of design changes. The Beijing Great Wheel will have 48 air-conditioned compartments each of which can carry up to 40 passengers.
The Solar Wind Pavilion is a design proposal for California State University at Fullerton that could serve as the gathering place for up to 300 people. Towering into the air at 150 feet tall, any energy harvested from the vertical axis turbine and solar panels could be used by the university. Inside the building, there is also a cylindrical digital projection display screen, roof-mounted fogging nozzles to cool the interior, and benches that can be stored inside the floor when not in use. Hit the jump to continue reading.
In the ultimate display of Male National Pride, The United Arab Emirates has ousted the record from Taiwan for the world’s tallest building. The Burj Dubai which currently under construction has reached 141 stories on Saturday, July 21st, 2007. The structure stands erect at an impressive 512.1m (1,680ft) tall which beats the record of the 508m high Taipei 101 in Taiwan. Good goin’ Emirates… Only thing is, Burj Dubai looks as though it belongs in Mordor more than Dubai.
Designed by Australia’s PTW Architects, engineering firm Arup, and China State Construction Design International, the Water Cube has a structural system unlike any other building. The engineers are use “two layers of a high-performance plastic film called ethylene tetrafluoroethylene or ETFE.” More pics after the jump!
Via Gizmodo
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