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- Foster + Partners wins bid to design the nature-filled Guangming Hub Fri, 8 Jan 21, 6:30amFoster + Partners has unveiled its competition-winning designs for Guangming Hub, a new, lushly landscaped Transport Oriented Development that will serve as a “forest gateway” into Shenzhen, China...
- Architects turn invasive plants and forestry waste into a sculpture Wed, 30 Dec 20, 3:30amAfter Architecture co-founders Katie MacDonald and Kyle Schumann recently installed Homegrown, a large-scale installation built from invasive plant species and forestry waste...
- Zaha Hadids 2022 World Cup stadium in Qatar adapts for future use Wed, 22 May 19, 1:30amAfter six years in the making, Qatar has finally inaugurated Al Janoub Stadium, the country’s first purpose-built stadium for the 2022 FIFA World Cup...
- Low-budget, bioclimatic home boasts a minimal energy footprint in Costa Rica Thu, 13 Dec 18, 5:30amWhen clients Luis and Marce approached design collective YUSO proyectos for their new home in Costa Rica, they already had a very clear idea of what they wanted...
- Computer modeling informed the whimsical design of this experimental home Tue, 31 Jul 18, 1:00amAt first glance, this house in Prague may look like a fanciful and whimsical work of art with little regard for practicality, but a deeper inspection reveals that careful computer modeling and budgeting actually informed...
- This vibrant, waterproof pavilion floats along the canal at the 2018 Bruges Triennial Thu, 12 Jul 18, 2:00amA spectacular art and architecture festival is currently underway in Bruges, Belgium — and the attractions include a beautiful floating pavilion by Spanish architecture firm SelgasCano...
- This breezy bamboo amphitheater pops up in just 25 days Thu, 22 Feb 18, 8:57pmA beautiful bamboo amphitheater has risen in the lush tropics of Rio de Janeiro. Brazilian studio Bambutec Design crafted the 2,150-square-foot structure with the help of computer modeling in addition to old-fashioned model...
- Next Generation Membrane Pacemakers Wrap the Heart Like an Electronic Glove Tue, 4 Mar 14, 4:07amThis heart is wrapped in a special electronic membrane that keeps it beating at the perfect rate. Researchers from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Washington University in St. Louis developed the new membrane...
- Scientists Harness Virtual Reality to Aid Oil Spill Cleanup Effort Wed, 5 May 10, 8:15amWe’ve looked at a number of possible cleanup solutions for the disastrous oil spill off the Gulf Coast — hair, underwater domes, and bacteria, to name a few...
- World’s Fastest Computer is Working on Solving Climate Change Thu, 19 Nov 09, 2:56amThis past Monday, the insanely powerful Jaguar XT5 supercomputer at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee was named the fastest supercomputer in the world...