Architects Head South to Weather the Economic Storm
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Archive for November, 2008
Newsmaker: Wolf Prix
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For a Utah Museum, Polshek Takes Its Cue from the Land
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Art Museum to Serve as Dynamic Gateway for Belgian Town
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Engineers Devise News Strategies for Irrigating Farmland More Efficiently
As Californias population continues to grow in the coming decades, freshwater supplies to farms, homes and businesses are expected to decline. To help reduce the vast amount of water used for agriculture-which consumes about four times the fresh water of homes and businesses-researchers at UC San Diegos Jacobs School are using sensor technologies to devise [...]
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Iowa State researchers to develop national energy/transportation model and plan
The study will consider how new technologies, such as this electric vehicle, can best be mixed with elements of the existing power system, such as this coal-fired power plant, to produce cost-effective, sustainable and resilient energy and transportation systems.
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Byproducts Becoming Cornerstones
To create what is being billed as one of the worlds most environmentally conscientious skyscrapers, the buildings developer, the Durst Organization, encouraged its architects to tap waste from some of the worlds dirtiest industries.
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The father of earthquake engineering passed away
George W. Housner dies at 97; Caltech professor emeritus was called the father of earthquake engineering.
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Green Gap
As environmentally friendly construction takes off, a question looms: Who’s going to do all the work?
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Building Blast Standards Reviewed For Safety
Finite-element analysis software could augment construction guidelines for steel structures.
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