Up and down with John Kormeling – one-page article in Mark #46 (Oct/Nov 2013, page 32) about architect John Kormeling’s bridge in the Dutch city of Tilburg. It’s designed with a small building that serves as counterweight. Kormeling designed the building as both bridge master’s house and …
Hierarchical Design & Solar Panels: A World Economic Forum Discussion – in this 3-min video clip Caltech materials scientist Julia Greer explains how hierarchical design can help create very light-weight materials – “up to 99% air, but that yet retain the high stiffness and high strength of their …
Shigeru Ban: Tamedia office building in Zurich completed – new seven-story office for Swiss media company sited along the Sihl Canal consists of an interlocking wooden structure within a glass skin. The architect was inspired by both the vernacular Swiss use of wood and techniques of Japanese joinery. The …
Infographic: Nine most unusual data centers in the world – take a graphic tour of data centers that are out of the ordinary because of siting (an abandoned nuclear bunker, a WWII anti-aircraft platform, inside a mountain), portability (using shipping containers), cooling methods (one uses the entire lower floor …
Hunnarshala, Bhuj, India, 2013 Winner – Hunnarshala is a group of architects and engineers that was formed in response to a major disaster in northern India. It “is based on legitimizing and giving dignity to the building artisan community that has been the repository of so much knowledge….” They work …