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Piano Building
Located in the Shannan district in Huainan City, China, this glazed building in the form of a violin leaning against a piano was…
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Liepaja Thermal Bath
In January 2017, the design for Liepja Thermal Bath and Hotel was announced as the winner in the first annual AAP American Architecture Prize…
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Constructing a Dutch tunnel in only ONE WEEKEND!
Have you watched this viral time-lapse webcam footage, which is all over Youtube, Facebook, Twitter of a Dutch tunnel construction that took up…
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How Brexit Can Impact the Construction and Structural Engineering Industry
On 23 June 2016, the United Kingdom European Union membership referendum, also known as the Brexit referendum, occurred with a…
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Adaptive Reuse: Benefits and Challenges and How We Should Properly Use Adaptive Reuse
Pratt Street Power Plant Source: http://www.sourcewatch.org/ Adaptive reuse construction is one of the latest trends in the structural engineering and…
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Tay Rail Bridge? More like the Tay FAIL Bridge!
Source: http://www.leisureandculturedundee.com/ Was stormy weather ever the main cause of an epic bridge collapse? Yes it was. The first Tay Rail Bridge…
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Structural Design and Analysis Software That Get the Work Done!
Most structural engineers use 3D integrated structural analysis and design software in their daily work. These software make modelling geometries of structures…
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The Analysis Process of Tensile Fabric Structures
Form Finding Source: http://www.airsculpt.com/ 1. The membrane will be modelled as discrete masses with different warp, curvature, direction, and mechanical properties. 2. Each finite…
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An Introduction to Tensile Fabric Membrane Structures
More and more projects like the Millennium Dome in London and the Denver International Airport are using tensile fabric structures.…
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Structural Analysis on the 2016 Taiwanese Earthquake:
The Tainan earthquake of 6.4 magnitude occurred on February 6, 2016. The earthquake led to the collapse a 17 storey building, Weiguan Golden Dragon.…
