Can Buildings Withstand Level 5 Tornadoes?
To determine whether a building can withstand a “Level 5” tornado, let’s take a look at what this means. According to the Fujita Scale a “Level 5” tornado has winds up to 318 mph (482…
Architecture
Skyscrapers Stretching To More Than One Mile Tall
In a recent IndustryTap article we looked at how a new type of metal rope will allow elevators to go higher than ever before while being more energy efficient and safe. This technology was used…
Denver Airport 2nd Largest In The World, Twice the Size of Manhattan
Denver International Airport is twice the size of Manhattan and is the second largest public works project in the world, second only to the Chunnel linking England and France. By land area, it is the…
Futuristic Hotel Designs From Self-Sustaining To Luxury Floating
These days there are more types of hotels to choose from than pastries in an Italian pastry shop. Categories include: Hip (popular with celebrities); underwater, themed boutique, romantic, casino, compact, eco-friendly (IndustryTap, Jul. 2013), child-friendly,…
New Architectural Materials Are Creating Amazing Buildings
MIT is a bastion of leading engineering disciplines and recent advances in architectural geometry, for example, leverage knowledge and experience from across the MIT community, pushing innovative technology forward at a faster clip. Advances Coming…
Interesting Architecture Projects For 2013
The picture above is of former Pritzker Prize winner Noumea, New Caledonia, Jean-Marie Tjibaou Cultural Center. Pritzker Prize Winning Design, 2013 In April, 2013, Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) publicly unveiled a $650-million plan…
Apple’s New Spaceship Campus Design In Cupertino California
Apple campus What does the company with the largest market cap in the world do with its money? Anything it wants! Apple computer — flush with money from record-setting sales of iPhones, iPads, and other…
Engineers Making Earthquake Resistant Buildings & Bridges
Earthquake resistant buildings are somewhat like unicorns or the Holy Grail: figments of the imagination for sure, but unlikely to ever be discovered in reality. Earthquake proof buildings are not necessarily impossible, but their expense…
1 Million Square Yard Urban-Suburban Hybrid From BIG
A Lively Urban Landscape Combined With Open Views And Sunshine Danish architect Bjarke Ingels from the firm BIG announced in April 2013 that his company had won an international competition for the design of the…
$540 Million Cable Stay Bridge Is The Longest In North America
Engineers seeking to improve vehicle and truck transportation and protect South Carolina’s multibillion-dollar container trade also had to deal with a history of huge earthquakes, 1886, nearly leveling Charlestown, mega hurricanes like Hugo in 1989,…
