Slideshow: Concrete, steel building complete for new Whitney Museum
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Italian architect Renzo Piano has designed a nine-story, steel and concrete building for the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City. The asymmetrical structure features a large, column-free gallery space and resembles "a stack of differently sized blocks." The building is scheduled to open May 1. Dezeen magazine
(4/23)
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Architects plan autonomous, self-sustaining city in the Sahara
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A city similar to no other is taking shape in the minds of a team of architects. The team plans to turn its concept of a fully sustainable living community in one of the world's most forbidding deserts into reality. Architects from two firms involved in the project say the mixed-use "city" -- which will be in the Moroccan Sahara -- will rely on solar energy and will turn nearly 59,000 cubic yards of water it collects each year into geothermal power. PhysOrg.com
(4/23)
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Technology, Trends and Research |
Survey confirms growth of BIM, 3D printing
Awareness is building about BIM, but adoption this year could be down from last year's predictions, according to a Business Advantage Group survey that quantified the widely perceived uptake of BIM and related technologies. However, the architecture, engineering and construction sectors will likely adopt 3D printing at a much quicker rate than will the manufacturing sector. Design News
(4/22)
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Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke."
-- Benjamin Disraeli, prime minister and writer
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