April 4, 2013 — What if cities could be powered by the noise they create? The Soundscraper — a building cloaked with sensors that would convert sound vibrations into electricity — could transform urban cacophony into enough power to light a small city. The design won honorable mention in the 2013 eVolo architectural magazine skyscraper competition, where participants submitted designs that would “challenge the way we understand vertical architecture and its relationship with the natural and built environments.”