The Netherlands Ponders Floating City Architecture

June 26, 2009

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The Netherlands, which for years has fought the encroaching ocean, is now considering how to embrace the waters in future city design, Reuters reports.

A number of prototypes for floating cities are being considered. Indeed, the Netherlands may well become a laboratory for such thinking.

A goal is to be able to remove or relocate a building without harming the surrounding environment.

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i have the cheapest strongest way and fastest way to build these floating cities and renewable green base energy to power them, for over fort years of begging not much support now they saying 20% by 20/50 floating homes on the sea mmmmm well someone better talk to me before big court case

john | July 27th, 2009

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