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Self-Sustaining Curved Roof: ETH zurich’s block Research Group Completes Complex, Doubly Curved Concrete Roof
Brief Researchers at ETH Zurich have finished work on a double-curved, self-sustaining concrete roof for a modular research and innovation building in Switzerland. A net of steel cables supports a polymer textile that together function as the formwork for the...
Johns Hopkins University: BIG Goes Back to School with Sustainable Village
Brief BIG has been commissioned to design a new student center for Johns Hopkins University, in Baltimore, Maryland. Named The Village, it's conceived as an oversized living room and will feature a timber structure and a roof covered in solar panels. Insight...
Rare out-of-this-world Futuro House Lands on New Zealand Marketplace
Brief The Futuro is a rare UFO-like home that has gained cult status since its construction back in the 1960s. If you've always wanted to live in a house that looks like something from The Jetsons, you may be in luck as a model has come up for sale. Insight The...
Drone-based Assessment Software Aims to Prevent Disasters in Aging Infrastructure
Brief Canada-based company Niricson has developed a system that uses drones to fly over concrete structures and collect thermal and acoustical data that are later analyzed by software for defects. Engineers recently used the system to inspect dams in British...
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How Road Markings keep Drivers Safe
You are in the passenger seat and feeling the wind on your face. Your favorite channel is playing on the radio, random memories fill your mind, and you lose track of time while watching the road lines intertwine with one another on the highway. Even just for this...
Tiny House Affords Young Couple Big Future Dream
In this weeks episode we visit Nicola and Arron, a dynamic young couple who have some big dreams for the future, that have been made possible thanks to a tiny house.So many young people have given up on the idea that they will ever be able to own their own home. In...
Smart Concrete Could Pave the Way for High-tech, Cost-effective Roads
Brief When the nation's aging infrastructure is replaced it is vital to incorporate smarter solutions such as self-healing concrete and concrete-embedded sensors, says the director of Purdue University's Center for Intelligent Infrastructure. The center is testing...