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12 FutureStructure Photos from 2013

The evolution of FutureStructure - cities and communities that function as connected systems - is well underway.

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Everywhere you look there are signs that FutureStructure is being built. FutureStructure is the convergence of ideas, infrastructure and technology. It’s about what gets built, how it’s built, and how those things connect with everything else. Presented here are twelve images that capture the evolution of FutureStructure around the world.

New York City: East Side Access Project

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Progress continues on the East Side Access project as of February 12, 2013. The project will allow the Long Island Rail Road to access Grand Central Terminal for the first time.
These photos shows work on the caverns underneath Grand Central Terminal that will house a future concourse for arriving and departing Long Island Rail Road trains.
Photos: Metropolitan Transportation Authority / Patrick Cashin

Burj Khalifa


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Photographer Joe NcNallay stands atop the world’s tallest building, the Burj Khalifa tower in Dubai.
Photo: Joe McNally

Visible WiFi and Cellular

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Nickolay Lamm of mydeals.com created this image that imagines what the world might look like if WiFi and cellular networks were visible.
Photo: Nickolay Lamm and M. Browning Vogel

Vegas from Space


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NASA Colonel Chris Hadfield took this image of Las Vegas while aboard the International Space Station
Photo: Col. Chris Hadfield

One World Trade Center

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Ironworkers at One WTC look on as the final flag-draped section of spire is hoisted to the top of the building.
Photo: Port Authority of NY & NJ

Urban Art

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Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei stands before his Forever Bicycles installation in Toronto. The work is made up of 3,144 bicycles

The Helix


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Photographer Brian Smith took this shot of one of two horse head sculptures in Scotland that are part of The Helix, a long-term development project built around the themes of people, place and enterprise
Photo: Brian Smith

Guangdong Plastics Exchange


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According to Shenzhen Daily, the 33-floor headquarters of the Guangdong Plastics Exchange, now being built, will resemble an ancient gold coin, with a diameter of 146 meters and a 47-meter-wide hole in the middle.
Photo: amprogetti.it

Veluwemeer Aqueduct

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The Veluwemeer Aqueduct near Harderwijk, the Netherlands
Photo: thefabweb.com

The Sidu River Bridge

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The Sidu River Bridge, Hubei, China
Photo: thefabweb.com

Rotterdam Central Station

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The new Rotterdam Central Station under construction
Photo: thefabweb.com

The Bay Bridge

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The new eastern span of the Bay Bridge rises in contrast to the structure it replaces.
Photo: Shelly Prevost