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A futuristic skyscraper called the Bionic Arch will look something like this when it’s completed sometime in 2016. The 380-meter-tall tower, to be located in Taiwan, will feature sky gardens on each of its 23 floors. The plant life, in combination with built-in solar panels and wind turbines, will allow the building to clean the air inside and out, generate enough energy to meet its needs, and light the surrounding Taichung Gateway Park.











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Willie Jones
Willie Jones is an associate editor at IEEE Spectrum. In addition to editing and planning daily coverage, he manages several of Spectrum's newsletters and contributes regularly to the monthly Big Picture section that appears in the print edition.
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