11 Interesting Facts – Architecture & Construction
Bridge The Incas considered bridges to be so sacred that anyone who tampered with one was put to death. Among the most impressive Inca bridges were the chacas, or rope… Keep Reading
18 Days Factory-Built Mass Produced Prefab Houses That Fold Into Place
Unlike other basic necessities such as food, cloths and many more, houses remain the only necessities that can never be mass produced entirely. From the idea of fabricating a house… Keep Reading
A Tiny Apartment Transforms Into 24 Rooms
In Hong Kong, because of the space, apartments are small and expensive. Gary Chang, an architect, decided to design a 344 sq. ft. apartment to be able to change into… Keep Reading
Bendable Concrete
Image Source: National Geographic First they have bendable concrete, then these engineers introduced light transmitting concrete to the world, now we have a self-healing concrete that is bendable. A team… Keep Reading
See Through and Light Transmitting Translucent Concrete
Image Source: Dornob Image Source: Dornob My tutor told me about the existence of transparent concrete, it is not really a new technology, kind of old but amazing. Transparent construction-grade… Keep Reading
Floral Patterns on Concrete
Image Source: Transparent House Here is a simple way to dress up the stark industrial bare concrete floors; I believe their floral patterns can be applied to interiors of a… Keep Reading
Contour Crafting, 3D Construction Printing Printer by University of Southern California
Image Source: Contour Crafting Your phones, shoes, clothes, cars, planes and almost everything man made are made automatically with machines, except for your house and it doesn’t make sense, or… Keep Reading
Dubai Construction Failure – You Can’t Rush Art
There is a scene in Toy Story 2 where an old man says “You can’t rush art.” This is especially true with every work of art be it animation or… Keep Reading
The Great Pyramid of Tokyo
Probably one of the many reason stopping them from building tall buildings is their frequent earthquake and tsunami waves, but this time around they claim to be able to solve… Keep Reading
Concrete + Grass = Grasscrete
According to Cnet, it appears that some researcher in China have developed “Grasscrete”, if things goes accordingly, this Grasscrete would be an environmentally sustainable alternative paving for footpath for the… Keep Reading
Technologies in Construction of the Great Pyramid
Past theories have suggested that builders on Egypt’s Giza Plateau build the pyramid’s using an external ramp, some say the ancient Egyptian has seek help from aliens using UFO to… Keep Reading
OMA’s CCTV Headquater Construction
Image found at Flickr uploaded by Korands. Do they have vertical cores for the lifts? The Chinese love the monumental ambition. They hate the monumental price tag – and the… Keep Reading
Construction of Grand Canyon Walk
Remember the previous post – Grand Canyon Skywalk. Here is a illustration of the actual height compare to some of the world’s tallest building. Construction began March of 2004 and… Keep Reading
Moving a Small Six Storey Building
Found this article in TheStar papers. My first thought was – Wow! I never knew that it is possible to move a building that is structurally rooted to the ground.… Keep Reading