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Building
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The Fungus That Could Patch Up Cracking Buildings
What if concrete could heal itself from the inside out? AS CONCRETE BUILDINGS AGE, THEY tend to sprout…
2018-07-23
Seattle’s Ironic Solution To Save Farmland With Taller Condos
There are unseen upsides to the sea of cranes stacking new apartment buildings in Seattle’s South Lake Union…
2016-04-05
A Limit To Urban Height In Vancouver
We don’t always have to build up to fit more people into a city. Vancouver and Seattle offer…
2016-02-18
DIY Guide : How To Build A City From Scratch
From Songdo, South Korea to Lavasa, India via Egypt’s unnamed new capital, everywhere you look it seems someone’s…
2015-07-03
How High Can You Build A Skyscraper?
“What will be the world’s tallest building is actually shorter than originally planned. What’s stopping us from going…
2015-06-04
How Cities Would Look Without Their Famous Tourist Landmarks?
There’s not really any reason to go to Paris if you’re not going to see the Arc de…
2015-05-15
A Top-down Approach To Flood Prevention
Gravity offers a simple and cheap way to attenuate stormwater flows – by storing water temporarily on a…
2015-03-12