by creedla | Mar 17, 2017 | Environmental News
A New Twist on a Weighty Matter When most people think of tuned mass dampers, they immediately call to mind the variants installed within the stunning Taipei 101 in Taiwan or near the top of the slope-roofed Citigroup Center in NYC. In fact, when the latter opened in...
by creedla | Mar 9, 2017 | Environment, Transit-Oriented Development
Before Planes, Before Trains, there was … the Erie Canal Connoisseurs of civil engineering projects often credit the Panama Canal as mankind’s pivotal triumph over nature. Yet, an equally ambitious project predated it by almost a century and was done without the aid...
by creedla | Mar 3, 2017 | Architecture, Environmental News, Los Angeles Construction Projects
Talk About an “Eye” For Design Although it may look like someone took an outrageously kitsch movie prop from Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989) and placed it between two buildings in the middle of Venice, CA, the reality is that the Binoculars Building was anything but!...
by creedla | Feb 16, 2017 | Aesthetics And Renovations, Environmental News, Transit-Oriented Development
Disconcerting News for Gephyrophobics Gephyrophobics, individuals that suffer anxiety with respect to crossing bridges or going through tunnels, often reveal their fears manifested from traumatic experiences at some point in their lives. Rather disconcertingly,...
by creedla | Feb 10, 2017 | Environment, Environmental News
Another Man’s Trash…Waste-to-Energy power generation reduces landfill volume while providing electricity for the facility and the surrounding community Once upon a time, almost everyone burned common household waste or leaf & grass matter in metal drums or...
