*Wahoo! Thanks for the lead there, Underwire!
*Just for the record, Norman Foster doesn't build "utopias" – he builds actual, no-kidding, kick-your-ass working structures, and if anybody can pull off a project like this, he can.
Link: Images: Foster unveils green utopia in the desert - Building.
Images: Foster unveils green utopia in the desert
8 May, 2007
By Vikki MillerFoster + Partners says the walled city of Masdar in Abu Dhabi will be the world's first zero-carbon and zero-waste cityFoster + Partners has revealed these images of what it claims to be the first zero carbon, zero-waste city in the world.The Masdar development in Abu Dhabi is a 6 km sq, car-free “walled-city” scheme. The development is being driven by Abu Dhabi’s Future Energy Company and will include a new HQ for the company as well as a new university.
Norman Foster said: “The environmental ambitions of the Masdar Initiative – zero carbon and waste free – are a world first. They have provided us with a challenging design brief that promises to question conventional urban wisdom at a fundamental level. Masdar promises to set new benchmarks for the sustainable city of the future.”
