Developed by international design and innovation office Carlo Ratti Associati together with German engineering firm Schlaich Bergermann und Partner, and British digital design studio Atmos, The Mile is a design for a one-mile high vertical park and observation deck.

The Mile will be the world’s highest man-made construction – around twice the height of today’s tallest building. From base to apex, the structure will offer a natural ecosystem, covered by plants and greenery, inhabited by hundreds of animal species, and criss-crossed with a delicate latticework of transportation lines.