The architects reassembled steel umbrella frames into a cupola, 24 feet in diameter, that bobs on 128 empty two-liter soda bottles.  Photo 1 of 7 in Week in Review: 7 Great Reads You May Have Missed by Kelsey Keith from SLO Architecture's Dwell Vision Award–Winning Design

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SLO ARCHITECTURE'S DWELL VISION AWARD–WINNING DESIGN

Dwell's inaugural award for design innovation goes to a New York City firm whose architectural orb is lean, green, and buoyant.

The architects reassembled steel umbrella frames into a cupola, 24 feet in diameter, that bobs on 128 empty two-liter soda bottles.