Now, writing about this may make me sound like an architecture geek, but, I am Into Architectual Engineering and design. There is currently a project going on in Venus, Florida called The Venus Project. Is an architectual project aimed on designing the culture,scociety, economics, and architecture of the future. They have built some buidings already, and they are focosedc on a simple, minimal reacources used theme. thevenusproject.com/