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Friday, March 15, 2013

Ice Sheet Regenerating Skyscraper

"Everybody complains about the weather, but nobody does anything about it."
   - Charles Dudley Warner

Well those days are over. Due to global warming and the destructive affects of the climate changes that has brought, more and more people are devising ways to ameliorate those effects.

Enter the eVolo 2013 Skyscraper Competition. It is an annual contest that investigates the future of tall buildings. This year's winner is Derek Pirozzi from the United States. His project is a giant floating canopy that prevents the melting of Arctic and Antarctic ice while harvesting solar energy.

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