Architecture and Construction

From an energy efficiency perspective, roof technology has not progressed substantially in hundreds of years, but that is changing with the use of active…

Currently in the UK around two-thirds of planning applications for wind farms are rejected. Concerns over the impact wind farms will have on local residents…

The so-called “Crowd Farm,” as envisioned by James Graham and Thaddeus Jusczyk, would turn the mechanical energy of people walking or jumping into a source of…

Civil engineer Rima Taher, PhD, special lecturer in the New Jersey School of Architecture at NJIT, spent two years examining the findings of research centers…

The lecture was given by Christopher Nash, Managing Director of Grimshaw, who spoke on the theme of ‘Perspectives on Architecture: Global Responses’.Christopher Nash is currently Director in charge of Stansted Airport Generation 2 Masterplan, Bournemouth Winter Gardens, and perhaps most interestingly the Cutty Sark conservation project. He has also been involved in the design and construction of many of the buildings on the University of Surrey campus. In addition to his active involvement in projects, he is also responsible for the strategic planning of Grimshaw business worldwide….

The yearning to feel your gut drop­-the roller coaster as a machine, an economic system, and an experienceIn 2007 there are more than 2,000 roller coasters in…