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A series of ‘vertical horizons’ of the Hong Kong sky shot from street level and framed by the city’s skyscrapers from a book by French photographer and graphic artist Romain Jacquet-Lagreze.

By eliminating people from his images, Jacquet-Lagreze has taken away the human qualities that normally define such a largely populated city and turned it into an abstract visual reality. The artist’s bio explains that he uses his camera to illustrate his feelings about Hong Kong, inspired mainly by “the geometry of the urban environment and the vivid lives it shelters.

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Concept design drawings for the 30 story Bandra Ohm – a skyscraper designed by James Law Cybertecture which may or may not be constructed somewhere in India at some point. Or not. Each residential unit features a glass-walled pool as a balcony.

Quite possibly the coolest and most terrifying thing that will ever or never be built.

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The Earthscraper, designed by BNKR Arquitectura is a proposed inverted pyramid beneath Mexico City’s Zocalo square that would extend underground for 65 stories.

When the Spanish arrived in America and ultimately conquered the Aztecs, they erected their Christian temples atop their pyramids. Eventually their whole colonial city was built on top of the Aztec one. In the 20th century, many colonial buildings were demolished and modern structures raised on the existing historic foundations. So in a way, Mexico City is like a massive layered cake: a modern metropolis built on the foundations of a colonial city that was erected on top of the ancient pyramids that were constructed on the lake.

The design is an inverted pyramid with a central void to allow all habitable spaces to enjoy natural lighting and ventilation. To conserve the numerous activities that take place on the city square year round (concerts, political manifestations, open-air exhibitions, cultural gatherings, military parades.), the massive hole will be covered with a glass floor that allows the life of the Earthscraper to blend with everything happening on top.

Marvel of design or Hive-style necropolis? Either would be good.

The Earthscraper (Arch Daily)

Saudi Arabia is reportedly planning to build the tallest building in the world.

And could there be a more appropriate, fiscally prudent and not-at-all-utterly-hatstand time to do such a thing? We think not.

The proposed Kingdom Tower in Jeddah will apparently be 1,600m, or a full mile tall. It will cost $30 billion to build and will be nearly twice the height of the current tallest building in the world – the Burj Khalifa at Dubai in neighbouring UAE.

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