1. This Office Building Cools Itself Designed by Pei Cobb Freed & Partners, and built in Milak, this building features active climate walls--two layers of glass separated by a one-meter-wide cavity with vertical blades that rotate to deflect direct sunlight and keep the building cool. 2. This Skyscraper Gobbles Noise Pollution This futuristic skyscraper takes advantage of city noise pollution by capturing airborne sound and converting it into usable energy. 3. The Mobile City Farms the Desert Designed by architect Stephane Malka, "The Green Machine" is a mobile city built on caterpillar treads that could roam the planet leaving gardens in its wake. 4. This Island Resort Adapts to Rising Sea Levels The coastal places we love to visit on vacation could soon be swallowed up by rising seas. That’s why this new resort from Dutch Docklands International will be built on five floating islands linked by underwater tunnels. 5. These Man-Made Trees Harvest the Sun Opened in 2011, Singapore’s “Supertree Grove” is a forest of 16-story-high man-made structures covered with living plants and boasting photovoltaic cells that harvest solar energy to light the buildings at night. 6. This Concrete House Purifies Rain Water Built from bio-concrete, which is PH neutral and bio-compatible with water, Ivanka's RainHouse turns rain into crystal clean H20. 7. This Hospital Eats Air Pollution The Manuel Gea González Hospital in Mexico City recently installed a white facade that looks like honeycomb but does something much sweeter: It’s coated with a special pigment that breaks down air pollutants into less noxious compounds like carbon dioxide and water. 8. This Aluminum Covered Building Cleans Itself Alcoa Architectural Products has developed a titanium dioxide coating that, when applied to aluminum panels, helps buildings clean themselves and purify the air. 9. This Blob-Shaped Museum "Talks" to Us Lovingly referred to as “The Blob,” Austria’s Kunsthaus Graz Art Museum wears a unique skin–a combination of organic roof, photovoltaic array and media façade which can be changed electronically. 10. This Metallic Building Changes Shape 'Thermobimetal' is a laminate building material developed by USC architecture professor Doris Kim Sung. This futuristic shape changes as temperatures fluctuate and could allow future buildings to alter themselves for increased ventilation on hot days.

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