Other Construction News
Biggest Solar Bridge In The World: Construction Begins
In a thrilling bit of news, the latest in development merges with the latest in building and the latest in environmental reforms, as construction on the largest solar bridge in the world begins. Located in the heart of London, the Blackfriars Station is going to be the proud new site of the biggest solar panel [...]
UrbanTiles by Meidad Marzan Envisions Buildings As Zero-Energy Displays
Zero-energy, flexible light displays that project the city of tomorrow as being an array of buildings with a constantly changing, customizable display arena, UrbanTiles is a concept created by Israeli industrial designer, Meidad Marzan, for his graduation project at the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design. The concept involves the use of a matrix of [...]
Living it UP: The Worlds Most Luxurious Penthouses
Earlier this year we featured the World’s Most Expensive Home, Antilla, Mumbai, which also figures as the world’s first-even billion-dollar home. With dense urban living becoming more of a reality than ever before, the obvious next question is : which are the world’s most luxurious (read: expensive) penthouses and how much do they cost ? [...]
New York City to Inaugurate 9/11 Memorial on 10th Anniversary
Symbolizing hope and renewal at every level of detail, the memorial that will be inaugurated at Ground Zero on September 11th 2011 is a physical translation of New Yorkers reflecting on and remembering the lives of those who were lost ten years ago. With two enormous waterfalls and reflecting pools, each about an acre in [...]
U.K Housing Slides. “Generation Rent” dawning on Britain?
According to data released by the RICS (Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors), the housing market in Britain is on a firm decline, with the monthly house price balance for May falling to minus-28 in May from minus-21 in April. This decline, as opposed to an expected betterment in figures to minus-20 for May, marks the [...]
World’s first Zero-Carbon City comes to life with Market@Masdar City
Widespread belief is that sustainable development and U.A.E usually don’t figure together in the same context. However, the upcoming Masdar City in Abu Dhabi, promising “the highest quality living and working environment with the lowest possible ecological footprint”, safely puts to rest this pre-conceived notion regarding the lack of large-scale green initiatives in this part [...]
Swim in Bliss – 55 stories high! Marina Bay Sands’ Infinity Pool
One of Moshe Safdie’s “first principles” that form the basis of his design philosophy – “humanizing the megascale” takes on an entirely new dimension when considered in context of Marina Bay Sands’ Skypark and Infinity Pool. To start with, think Singapore and you’re probably visualizing an intensely dense city, teeming with people constantly. Sure, there’s [...]
Housing Crisis? Prefabricated, Recycled Plastic could be the answer.
To alleviate the 80,000 units per annum estimated housing shortage in the U.K, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has identified the return of prefab as the most suitable solution! Team that with making these new prefab homes out of recycled plastic, and pricing them at as little as £20,000, and bingo! How many birds [...]
