Photo by CC user Manecke on Wikimedia Commons While most people think of factories as dirty, grimy places, the manufacturing facilities of the 21st century are quite different from what most people imagine in their heads. Consisting of futuristic designs that are beautiful, highly efficient, and environmentally responsible, these are buildings that even the non-industrial minded person can appreciate. Below, we will give several examples of what we think are the most futuristic factories in the world… Volkswagen’s transparent factory, Dresden, Germany Of all the futuristic factories on this list, one of the most spectacular is the transparent factory that Volkswagen…