A green resort is going to be built at Lake Taupo, New Zealand. The construction will begin as of the middle of next year and it will cost about $75 million. The resort will be called Hingarae, it will be built on an area of about 40 hectares and it will be pollution-free.

The Hingarae will be accessible by boat or walking track and the transportation within will be provided by electric cars and the energy will come from the sun. The resort will feature 28 freehold modules which are going to cost about $3.2 million and each will feature two or three bedrooms.

If the technology is very futuristic then the design doesn’t remain behind. The project belongs to X.Pace a Sydney and Singapore design company which envisioned some pretty touches and also very luxurious for the Hingarae resort.

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Inflate is a company which designs and manufactures inflatable structures. The British Company is also specialized in producing temporary or permanent inflatable buildings.

Nick Crosbie founded this company after he graduated the Royal College of Art in 1995. Its structures and buildings are ideal for temporary shelters, concerts and other outdoor events.

If you like the design of these inflatable structures, maybe you should buy one, but you might be disheartened by the starting price of a building - around $7,000.

The first drawings of the green buildings of Masdar City, that zero-waste city of the future concept, were made by Adrian Smith and Gordon Gill who designed Masdar Headquarters. This building will be the first that will generate power in order to be assembled. The power will be acquired with the help of a solar roof which, of course, is going to be assembled first.

Masdar City was designed by Norman Foster and is a project of $22 million. The pollution free city will be situated near Abu Dhabi, a city which accustomed us with its futuristic architecture. Masdar Headquarters will measure 1.4 million square foot and it will cost about $300 million.

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