Garden Bridge
Introduction The Garden Bridge is a proposed public bridge over the River Thames in London. Designed by Thomas Heatherwick, and to be delivered by Arup, the concept is for a footbridge featuring trees…
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 completed in 2007. Designed by architectural students from the Hefei University of Technology,…
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 which recognises the most outstanding architecture worldwide. Proposed for Liepja, Latvia, and designed by…
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 only the weekend of the 20th to the 22nd of…
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 majority win of 51.9% for Britain to leave the EU.…
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 urban revitalization industry. It is the method of reusing an…
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 at Dundee was a cast iron bridge that collapsed on…
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 and analyzing loads much more efficient, therefore decreasing the time…
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 element or point in the membrane will be represented by…
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. Tensile fabric structures are becoming more and more popular, as…
