In an attempt to prepare for a future involving the doomsday scenario of extreme climate change, a Belgian artist has designed Floating ecopolis (also known as lilypad) which is to be a home for climate change “refugees”. 

It contains three mountains and it floats – it is able to house up to 50 thousand people (not sure what happens to the rest of us!) Its ability to float will help it cope with the loss of land due to melting ice at the poles.

Songjiang Hotel

This truly amazing hotel is to be constructed in a flooded pit at the base of Tianmashan Mountain in Songjiang, shanghai. As you can see it is designed to fit right into the pit maintaining its original structure.

Crescent Moon Tower

The Crescent Moon Tower is a design concept for a structure in Za’abeel Park which is to represent the modern face of Dubai. It will have a library, conference facilities, restaurants and an open air observation deck. Just watch out for the sandstorms!

Hangzhou Waves

The Hangzhou Waves is a design for a five star hotel and office block in Hangzhou China. The design actually comprises two buildings which complement each other.

Nuragic and Contemporary Art Museum

The Nuragic and Contemporary Art Museum in Cagliari, Italy, ran a competition for the design of their new building. Zaha Hadid architects won the bid with this incredible design which covers 12,000 square meters! (listverse)

Khan Shatyr

The Khan Shatyr is already a reality! It is an immense transparent tent in the centre of Astana – the new capital city of Kazakhstan. 

It serves as both a cultural center and a place for social interaction amongst the city residents. The climate in Astana is rather harsh with winter temperatures dropping to -35c (-31F).