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March 2013

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Wooden Skyscrapers Coming to a City Near You.

We’re used to having our skyscrapers built out of concrete and steel, but wood?—Not really.  Wood is meant for floors, paneling, and furniture, not as a major building material especially for skyscrapers.  And yet, there’s new focus on wooden skyscrapers…
neoli
March 20, 2013
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Concept Buildings and the Future of Skyscrapers

eVolo Magazine recently announced the winners of its 2013 Skyscraper Competition, and judging from the concept buildings entries this year, each one is more ingenious (and dare we say ambitious) than the next. Taking First Prize is Derek Pirozzi’s Polar…
neoli
March 15, 2013
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Of Beautiful Malls, Wind Farms, and Displaced Birds

Every afternoon just before dusk, thousands of birds flock together outside a popular shopping mall in Quezon City, Philippines.  Some of the birds (known locally as Tarat, in the shrike family) roost on power lines, or under the mall’s eaves,…
neoli
March 6, 2013
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Self-Healing Cement Just Got Better

Self-healing cement that seals up its own cracks and magically repairs itself seems like the stuff of science fiction.  After all, concrete’s not supposed to do that once it sets into a hard, permanent mass.  But there’s really nothing sci-fi…
neoli
March 4, 2013