Futuristic

The British MoD think-tank project Startpoint has unveiled Dreadnought 2050 – an automated fusion-powered surface warship of the year 2050 equipped with lasers, hypersonic missiles, and torpedoes that can travel at over 300 knots (345 mph, 555 km/h).

Parisian architecture firm OXO Architectes, in association with Nicolas Laisné Associés, recently revealed a proposal for a futuristic sustainable tower – or "vertical city" – in the Sahara desert. The City Sand Tower would rise to a height of 450 m (1,476 ft) and run from renewable energy sources.

Fresh from designing a futuristic and sustainable Paris, Vincent Callebaut has turned his imagination toward the Eternal City. The architect envisions turning a large area of land in Rome into a sustainable new residential district.

Google has commissioned top-tier architects Bjarke Ingels (of BIG) and Thomas Heatherwick to design its new headquarters in Mountain View, California. Details are lacking at this stage, but the information we do have points toward a sustainable, flexible, and future-proof headquarters.

Planning Korea has unveiled a proposal dubbed L’air Nouveau de Paris (New Paris air). The concept features futuristic egg-shaped towers that take up an area of 3,891 sq m (almost 42,000 sq ft) in the city's 17th Arrondissement.

One can usually count on Vincent Callebaut to produce striking renders of futuristic sustainable architecture on a grand scale, and the Belgian architectural firm certainly doesn't disappoint with its vision of a smart and sustainable Paris.

Although we've seen a lot of interesting ideas regarding what may be powering or guiding the cars of the future, it seems that those vehicles' tires don't fire the imagination in quite the same way. Hankook is trying to change that, however, with its Hankook Tyre Design Challenge.

If you were asked to design the perfect car, its attributes might include being fast, adaptable and controllable with your thoughts. And, needless to say, it would also be able to fly. All of these features are packed into the winning entry for this year's LA Auto Show Design Challenge.

From London’s Aquatics Centre to the Zaragoza Bridge Pavilion to the Guangzhou Opera House, Zaha Hadid’s architectural style remains individualistic. Now the Pritzker winning Iraqi born designer can add Korea’s Dongdaemun Design Plaza to her team’s resume.

An Indian designer has built a concept bike based on a racing motorcycle platform, for a mere US$3,000. Marrying the classy looks of an elegant race bike with an above-average performance compared to normal motorcycles, the MS 01 is a race bike look-alike that almost anyone can afford to buy.

Avis Magica is a new skyscraper concept that features a vertical aquarium, and electricity-producing "feathers."

Barcelona could play host to Europe’s first man-made island and "Space Hotel" by US based company Mobilona.