Today we like: crowdfunding
Once the preserve of independent product designers, crowdfunding platforms like Kickstarter are evolving into powerful tools for financing and testing public appetite for architecture and infrastructure projects.
Recent examples include BIG’s campaign to raise money for a prototype power plant chimney and a pedestrian bridge described as the “world’s first crowdfunded public infrastructure project”. See more crowdfunded projects on Dezeen »
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