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29 Structural & Civil Engineers Cite Evidence for WTC Demolition

This essay is both fascinating and inspiring to read -- after reading claims on wikipedia and in mainstream media that "the engineering community rejects 9/11 conspiracy theories about demolition," it is refreshing to hear from numerous engineers directly, in their own words,...

Live From Greenbuild 2008: 30 Years, Now a Movement

Do you have any idea how many people 30,000 from around the world gathered in one space feels like (and trust me, I'm a New Yorker, I don't get overwhelmed by much)? It's like those pilgrimages in India. It’s enough to make you realize: there is something truly bigger than...

DEBATE: 9/11 World Trade Center Controlled Demolition - Architect Richard Gag...

Architect Richard Gage of Architects and Engineers for 9/11 Truth and Michael Shermer of Skeptic Magazine debate what brought down the World Trade Center and other problems with the official explanations for 9/11....

Scientists, Scholars, Architects & Engineers respond to NIST

Comments and Suggestions for Revisions on the NIST WTC 7 draft final report: submitted to NIST 9/15/08 by Scholars for 9/11 Truth & Justice and Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth. Excerpt from the...

Environment: Solar plants in deserts could yield water and crops

Well, this sounds incredible; combining sun and seawater to make deserts yield food:" The Sahara forest project will use seawater and solar power to grow food in greenhouses across the desert. Photograph: Exploration Architecture Vast...

Atlanta celebrates Independence Day by opening the Millenium Gate

Although it is somewhat cliché to celebrate Independence Day by opening yet another national monument, there is something that sets the opening of Atlanta Millenium Gate apart. The eighteen-million-dollar...

Summer strikes for unions

800,000 public sector workers, including school dinner ladies and council trash collectors, are going to stage a strike in the UK next month. The union, Unison, is just one of many that are threatening to stage a "summer of discontent" of strikes over the skyrocketing cost of...

The Bard Needs Some New Digs

Do not taunt Shakespeare's bones."Fix the gravesite. But don't touch the bones. That's the work order, in a nutshell, for brave architects contemplating a fixup job for the deteriorating gravesite of William...

Developers need incentives: energy efficient buildings

Opinion Barry Artiste, Now Public Contributor The following phrase in this media story says it all about people.   "The report also noted a disincentive for both landlords and tenants - property owners...

Architecture: Boxes? No! Blobs? No! Boring? Never!

lots of props for NY-based Asymptote architecture in this article from Lisa Rochon:  " There was a point when the drawings and renderings by Asymptote, a New York firm led by two Canadians, Hani Rashid and Lise Anne Couture, were enough. When building their designs...

Betting a Farm Would Work in Queens

the NYtimes reports on this year's PS1 summer Young Architects Program winners Work Architecture, who propose creating an urban farm:One can only imagine how the judges reacted when the architects walked in lugging the kind of hulking concrete-pouring cardboard tubes used...

Is Prefab Fab?

NYtimes reports on MoMA's show that will feature five prefab houses built next to the museum."To many people the term “prefab housing” calls to mind trailer parks. Yet lately prefabricated houses — built off site and then delivered largely complete — have become...

Majesco building Our House - Wii News at GameSpot

"Having conquered the food service industry with Cooking Mama, Majesco is now setting its sights on do-it-yourself home improvement. Today, the publisher announced it would be bringing construction sim Our House exclusively to the Nintendo Wii this holiday season. Catering to...

On the CADwalk, Yeah: Software for Fast Fashion

Vectors for your v-necks, algorithms for your ascot: fashion's architects are using 3D design software to bring their creations to life, and to a rack near you."When you think of computer-aided manufacturing, sexy lingerie is probably not the first thing that comes to...

Proposal Presented for Greenpoint Park

"A team of volunteer urban planners and landscape architects debuted their proposal for the new state park on Kent Avenue in Williamsburg that utilizes the former industrial space as an ecologically sustainable riverside park. The proposal, which was shown to the public last...

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