Architecture

Sustainable buildings
Pearl River Tower is a 69-story "zero-energy" skyscraper to be built in Guangdong, China by 2009.
 * Inhabitat: Guangdong Green Skyscraper
 * SOM Wins Design Competition for Sustainable Skyscraper in China
 * Сквозь табачную башню пройдут Солнце и ветер южного Китая (RUS)

A small zero energy home was built in Oklahoma in 2006.

Dynamic architecture
The Rotating Tower is based around a concrete center core, with each floor spinning like an individual wind turbine. When all of the turbines are harnessed together the tower will not only be able to power itself, but up to ten other similarly sized buildings, too. Construction should start in Dubai in 2007.

Buildings and apartments will become morphable. And early example of "pre-high-tech morphing" can be seen in this video of Bangkok market.

Tensegrity
Tensional integrity refers to the integrity of structures as being based on combining balanced tension and compression components. Houses build that way can distribute stress, change shape, react to changes in the environment (winds, snow, etc.) or inside (people moving, airflow and temperature changing).


 * Smart Buildings Make Smooth Moves, Wired News
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tensegrity

Similar concept is used in "string transport" where stretched cables are embedded in suspended rails. will be cool

Other technologies

 * color-changing concrete
 * large scale exterior color LED lighting

Trends

 * A vertical neighborhood for a segregated society - ultra-dense vertical cities

External sources

 * Hacking Matter (google for HackingMatterMultimediaEdition.pdf), Wil McCarthy. Chapter 7 - The Programmable City

ressources

 * from the Future Architecture group (ref GofA):
 * http://groups.to/futurarchitecture facebook group
 * diigo 150x bookmarks links
 * playlists in youtube