Design for a vertical city in the Sahara desert

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OXO Architects created this experimental design for a vertical city within a tower in the Sahara desert.

At 1,400 feet high, it would include housing, restaurants, business offices, a vertical farm, and a meteorological research station at the top. Power? Solar and geothermal, natch. "La villa tour des sables" (via Discovery News)


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