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Bubble Shaped Skyscraper is a Fresh Water Factory

03/09/2010
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  • Bubble Skyscraper Freshwater Factory
    Design Crew for Architecture have created an incredible water purifying skyscraper that looks like dozens of soapy bubbles stacked one on top of another. According to the design brief, "There is only about 1% left of liquid freshwater and the UNO and the World Water Council estimates there might be a crisis affecting half the worldwide population by 2030." Capable of making freshwater efficiently and sustainably using a series of bubbles filled with water-filtering mangroves, the unconventional building pushes the envelope of what a skyscraper is capable of doing....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/bubble-shaped-skyscraper-is-a-freshwater-factory/'>READ ARTICLE</a>
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  • Bubble Skyscraper Freshwater Factory
    Design Crew for Architecture have created an incredible water purifying skyscraper that looks like dozens of soapy bubbles stacked one on top of another. According to the design brief, "There is only about 1% left of liquid freshwater and the UNO and the World Water Council estimates there might be a crisis affecting half the worldwide population by 2030." Capable of making freshwater efficiently and sustainably using a series of bubbles filled with water-filtering mangroves, the unconventional building pushes the envelope of what a skyscraper is capable of doing....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/bubble-shaped-skyscraper-is-a-freshwater-factory/'>READ ARTICLE</a>
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  • Bubble Skyscraper Freshwater Factory
    Design Crew for Architecture have created an incredible water purifying skyscraper that looks like dozens of soapy bubbles stacked one on top of another. According to the design brief, "There is only about 1% left of liquid freshwater and the UNO and the World Water Council estimates there might be a crisis affecting half the worldwide population by 2030." Capable of making freshwater efficiently and sustainably using a series of bubbles filled with water-filtering mangroves, the unconventional building pushes the envelope of what a skyscraper is capable of doing....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/bubble-shaped-skyscraper-is-a-freshwater-factory/'>READ ARTICLE</a>
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  • Bubble Skyscraper Freshwater Factory
    Design Crew for Architecture have created an incredible water purifying skyscraper that looks like dozens of soapy bubbles stacked one on top of another. According to the design brief, "There is only about 1% left of liquid freshwater and the UNO and the World Water Council estimates there might be a crisis affecting half the worldwide population by 2030." Capable of making freshwater efficiently and sustainably using a series of bubbles filled with water-filtering mangroves, the unconventional building pushes the envelope of what a skyscraper is capable of doing....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/bubble-shaped-skyscraper-is-a-freshwater-factory/'>READ ARTICLE</a>
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  • Bubble Skyscraper Freshwater Factory
    Design Crew for Architecture have created an incredible water purifying skyscraper that looks like dozens of soapy bubbles stacked one on top of another. According to the design brief, "There is only about 1% left of liquid freshwater and the UNO and the World Water Council estimates there might be a crisis affecting half the worldwide population by 2030." Capable of making freshwater efficiently and sustainably using a series of bubbles filled with water-filtering mangroves, the unconventional building pushes the envelope of what a skyscraper is capable of doing....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/bubble-shaped-skyscraper-is-a-freshwater-factory/'>READ ARTICLE</a>
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  • Bubble Skyscraper Freshwater Factory
    Design Crew for Architecture have created an incredible water purifying skyscraper that looks like dozens of soapy bubbles stacked one on top of another. According to the design brief, "There is only about 1% left of liquid freshwater and the UNO and the World Water Council estimates there might be a crisis affecting half the worldwide population by 2030." Capable of making freshwater efficiently and sustainably using a series of bubbles filled with water-filtering mangroves, the unconventional building pushes the envelope of what a skyscraper is capable of doing....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/bubble-shaped-skyscraper-is-a-freshwater-factory/'>READ ARTICLE</a>
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  • Freshwater Factory
    Design Crew for Architecture have created an incredible water purifying skyscraper that looks like dozens of soapy bubbles stacked one on top of another. According to the design brief, "There is only about 1% left of liquid freshwater and the UNO and the World Water Council estimates there might be a crisis affecting half the worldwide population by 2030." Capable of making freshwater efficiently and sustainably using a series of bubbles filled with water-filtering mangroves, the unconventional building pushes the envelope of what a skyscraper is capable of doing....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/bubble-shaped-skyscraper-is-a-freshwater-factory/'>READ ARTICLE</a>
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Bubble Skyscraper Freshwater Factory

Design Crew for Architecture have created an incredible water purifying skyscraper that looks like dozens of soapy bubbles stacked one on top of another. According to the design brief, "There is only about 1% left of liquid freshwater and the UNO and the World Water Council estimates there might be a crisis affecting half the worldwide population by 2030." Capable of making freshwater efficiently and sustainably using a series of bubbles filled with water-filtering mangroves, the unconventional building pushes the envelope of what a skyscraper is capable of doing....

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