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Astrild Tiny House Shoehorns a Family Into 20 Ft
Astrild Tiny House Shoehorns a Family Into 20 Ft French tiny house firm Baluchon recently completed a new model that measures just 6 m (19.6 ft) long. Despite its compact frame, the towable dwelling serves as home to a family of three. spruce frame with cedar...
3D Printing High-Volume Ash Mixtures for Construction
STUDY 3D Printing High-Volume Ash Mixtures for Construction In the recently published ‘3D printing of high-volume fly ash mixtures for digital concrete construction,’ Nanyang Technological University thesis student Biranchi Panda explores how fly ash-based...
BIG's CopenHill Combines Ski Slope and Waste-to-Energy Power Plant Some 11 years after first being unveiled, the much-anticipated CopenHill, by BIG (Bjarke Ingels Group) is now finally open to the public. The project is an inspired combination of a waste-to-energy...
Researchers Predict the Impact of Climate Change on Bridge
Researchers Predict the Impact of Climate Change on Bridge Safety A known fact is that climate change will eventually affect bridges. However, a lesser known fact is the extent to which bridges may be affected. This key question is addressed by scientists David Yang...
500 Years Later, MIT Proves That Da Vinci’s Bridge Design
500 Years Later, MIT Proves That Da Vinci's Bridge Design Works Researchers at MIT have proven Leonardo da Vinci correct yet again, this time involving his design for what would have been at the time a revolutionary bridge design. Although clients rejected da Vinci's...
Sonnenschein Tiny House Fits Lots of Storage into Compact Footprint
Sonnenschein Tiny House Fits Lots of Storage into Compact Footprint New Zealand's Build Tiny recently completed its latest model, the Sonnenschein Tiny House. The compact towable home is designed to offer maximum storage space in its 7.2-m (23-ft)-long frame. The...
Drones Above Microsoft Revolutionize its Campus Rebuild
Drones Above Microsoft Revolutionize its Campus Rebuild Microsoft recently issued an update on the progress of its multibillion-dollar campus revitalization and modernization project in Redmond, Washington, and, as one would expect of the computing software giant,...
Proposals would Dam Little Colorado River for Hydropower
Proposals would Dam Little Colorado River for Hydropower FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — The Little Colorado River cuts across the northeast corner of Arizona, emptying its waters into the much-larger Colorado River after a more than 330-mile journey. Few people wander in the...
Green Public Housing wins UK’s Top Architecture Prize
Green Public Housing wins UK's Top Architecture Prize The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has announced the result of the most important architecture competition in the country. Norwich public housing development Goldsmith Street, by Mikhail Riches with...