Aqua + Prarie Pre-Fab

I got a news flash a little while back and forgot to post it: another Chicago skyscraper was completed, and it's another first. When I saw it a few months ago, the roof still had a crane, but the building was mesmerizing nonetheless.

Aqua: The undulations are poured-in concrete balconies.

The 82-story hotel (eventually), apartment, and condo building is the world's tallest developed by an architectural firm headed by a woman.

Closer to the ground, Taliesin students have developed a prefab mod house for us all to drool over:

Can they make a non-desert, tornado-resistant model?

I love pretty.