Saudi Arabia is bidding to host the 2034 World Cup soccer tournament. If successful, government authorities plan to build a futuristic new stadium within its audacious 170-km-long mirrored city in the desert, the Line.Continue ReadingCategory: Architecture, LifestyleTags: Building and Construction, Saudi Arabia, Neom, FIFA World Cup, Soccer, Stadium
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Saudi World Cup bid pitches soccer stadium atop 170-km-long skyscraper
Posted by ArielTechGeek 96 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
Is Saudi's vision of a 170-km-long mirrored skyscraper a desert mirage?
Posted by ArielTechGeek 212 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
Given the mind-boggling size of Saudi Arabia's planned 170-km (105 mile)-long skyscraper the Line, perhaps it was inevitable that there would be some kind of reality check. Now a new report suggests that the initial phase of the project will be much more modest than originally planned.Continue ReadingCategory: Architecture, LifestyleTags: Neom, Saudi Arabia, Building and Construction
Video reveals progress of 170-km-long skyscraper through Saudi desert
Posted by ArielTechGeek 253 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
The Pyramids of Giza, the Great Wall of China, and now the Line. It sounds hyperbolic but that's the sort of scale and ambition that the creators of Saudi Arabia's city sized skyscraper are aiming for and, despite our initial skepticism that it would actually be realized, work is indeed progressing.Continue ReadingCategory: Architecture, LifestyleTags: Building and Construction, Neom, Saudi Arabi
Extraordinary 1-km-long art museum rises out of a lake in China
Posted by ArielTechGeek 271 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
Japan's Junya.ishigami+associates recently completed an extraordinary 1-km (0.62-mile)-long project in China. Named the Zaishui Art Museum, the building is situated in an artificial lake and even lets the water inside at several points.Continue ReadingCategory: Architecture, LifestyleTags: Building and Construction, Museum, China
Ambitious 170-km-long Saudi skyscraper city gets construction go ahead
Posted by ArielTechGeek 620 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
The idea of taking a population the size of New York City and putting it into a 170-km (105-mile)-long skyscraper in the Saudi Desert seems so ambitious that anyone could be forgiven for being skeptical. However, the project, named the Line, is indeed going ahead, and UK firm Atkins has been commissioned to help realize it.Continue ReadingCategory: Architecture, LifestyleTags: Building and Constr
93-km-long climate-controlled bike path to keep cyclists cool in Dubai
Posted by ArielTechGeek 643 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
Think of cycling- and pedestrian-friendly cities and you'll likely come up with somewhere like Amsterdam or Utrecht, but perhaps Dubai will eventually be in the conversation too if an ambitious new proposal is realized. Named the Loop, it would consist of a 93-km (57-mile)-long enclosed bicycle and walking path that would offer respite from the harsh desert conditions.Continue ReadingCategory: Bi
460-km-long river discovered snaking though base of Antarctic ice sheet
Posted by ArielTechGeek 740 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
Among the many mechanisms shaping the Antarctic ice sheet are the processes playing out in its lower layers, and a newly discovered sub-glacial river suggests it may drain away faster than we thought. Scientists say the 460-km-long (285-mile) river shows the base of the ice sheet features more flowing water than we realized, which may accelerate its melting as the planet continues to warm.Continu
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