Dubai, a city that seems to look more and more like an amusement park these days, is planning to build what will be the world’s largest arch bridge in 2012. For more facts about this incredible project see this page.

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Earlier we blogged about taking your gym out on the water. But what about an entire house? This month, Morphosis Architects finished building a floating home for the Make It Right Foundation, an organization helping to rebuild neighborhoods in New Orleans that were ravaged by hurricane Katrina.

When actor Brad Pitt visited the Lower 9^th Ward, the area hardest hit by the storm as well as one of the most impoverished, he was shocked at the devastation. Determined to bring this historic neighborhood back to life and provide homes for displaced families, Pitt founded Make It Right. The foundation launched a national contest to design sustainable, weather-resistant dwellings. Many of these green homes have already been constructed (you can view them here).

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This year the legendary Irish band U2 is taking stadium rock to the next level with a colossal 360-degree rotating stage that looks as though it just landed from outer space – Bono himself calls it the “U2 Space Station.” The Claw, which is likely one of the largest and most complex sets ever to be taken on the road, is a massive four-legged structure that stands close to 100 feet and takes three days to set up. It was constructed by Atelier One, a structural engineering consultancy firm.

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Can you imagine big cities without smog? Soon the buildings around you will be cleaning up the air. TX Active, a new innovative cement product, literally kills pollution by oxidizing the toxins that come into contact with it.

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Great architecture is awe-inspiring. But architectural engineers are the folks who figure out how to put it all together. Without them, the world’s coolest structures would remain on the drawing board.

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