futurestructures
Toyo Ito's Biggest Building: A Stadium That's Secretly a Solar Power Plant
2013 Pritzker Prize winner Toyo Ito began his career with luminous and transparent houses in his native Japan. But a sports stadium put him on the map.
How to Blow Up a Museum: Diller Scofidio + Renfro's Bubble-techture
For the Hirshhorn, Diller Scofidio + Renfro created what may be their most unusual project to date—a 154 ft tall inflatable structure that balloons over the Hirshhorn’s open courtyard.
Motherboard's FutureStructures Explores The Possibility Of An Underground Oasis In NYC
A deserted subway station could be turned into a sprawling subterranean park called the Lowline.
FutureStructures: The Lowline
Set in an abandoned trolley terminal in the New York City subway, the high-tech Delancey Underground could be the world's first underground park.
Plus Pool Is A Floating Swimming Pool That Cleans New York's Rivers
Meet the guys behind Plus Pool, a floating, river-filtering watersports fun zone in Motherboard TV’s new series Futurestructures.
Motherboard TV: Plus Pool Is A Floating Swimming Pool That Cleans New York's Rivers
In this first episode of our new show Futurestructures, Motherboard meets with the three designers who've hatched a plan to build a high-tech Pool in the not-so-clean waters of New York's East River.
Upgrade: The Living House
Imagine a future where the cities we live in are built in accordance with nature, where buildings are designed to incorporate features from ecological systems without compromising technological innovation or the quality of the environment.