city of the future

11.23.09

City of the Future

Architects imagine what San Francisco might look like in 2108 (hint, we finally get those flying cars)
By Dawn Stover Posted 02.20.2008 at 2:54 pm 0 Comments

What will San Francisco look like 100 years from now? According to the winning entry in a "city of the future" contest, residents will live in a forest of sinuous towers.

IwamotoScott Architecture took home the $10,000 prize for its "Hydro-Net" design, which also envisions an underground web of carbon-nanotube-walled tunnels where people travel in hydrogen-fueled hover-cars.

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