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voromuro - installation based on voronoi diagram using acrylic cells, 2007 office da is a multidisciplinary architecture firm based in boston. the firm is led by venezuelan-born monica ponce de leon and london-born nader tehrani, both harvard graduate school of design alumni. the firm has been creating progressive works since their founding in the early 90's. their work combines ego-consciousness with unconventional forms to create their own brand of avant-garde structures. they also work on small scale installations, interiors and conceptual furnishings. the studio has recently won a series of competitions and commissions.

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SOLAR ARK: World’s Most Stunning Solar Building

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Sanyo has built an ark for the solar century – an impressive 630 kW solar-collecting building that boasts over 5,000 solar panels and kicks off over 500,000 kWh of energy per year. Even more outstanding is the fact that most of the monocrystalline modules used on the Solar Ark were factory rejects headed to the scrap pile. Located next to Sanyo's semiconductor factory in Gifu, Japan, the Solar Ark stands as one of the best examples of building integrated PV design to date.

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The Portabello Estate: $75 million for contemporary living in dynamic enhancement

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Located in the heart of Newport Beach, California, the sprawling Portabello Estate has a price tag that's almost as stunning as its oceanic architecture. Portabello, meaning beautiful door in Italian, is without doubt a feat of engineering. For $75,000,000, you will get 30,000 square feet of space, eight bedrooms, 10 and a half baths and spectacular views of the Pacific Ocean from almost every room. The estate opens new doors of splendid luxury and a host of amenities to create a great living and gala entertaining environment.

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Radisson Hotel in Berlin – Home to the world’s largest fish tank

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The 5-star Radisson SAS Hotel in Berlin Mitte touts to have the largest cylindrical fish tank in the world, standing at a whopping 80 feet tall and containing 260,000 gallons of water. Some 2600 fish of 56 different species of underwater dwellers live inside this huge cylindrical tank called AquaDom.

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World’s Biggest Building Coming to Moscow: Crystal Island

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Moscow's rapidly growing skyline will soon feature an eye-popping new addition: Crystal Island, which will be the world's biggest building when completed. Sir Norman Foster's mountainous 27 million square feet spiraling «city within a building» will cost $4 billion and it is scheduled to be built within next 5 years.

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