Architecture

Surrealism Movement’s Delightfully Disturbing Influence on Architecture

We’ve all seen buildings that twist, turn and seem to challenge gravity. They may be beautiful or downright disturbing. These architectural masterpieces are inspired by the Surrealism movement that began in the 1920s. Surrealism tends…

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Window Coatings That Can Save Your House Energy And Money

Scientists have developed a new coating that can be applied to window glass that will change how sunlight passes through so as to save energy. The US Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory is…

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Space Age Floating Lillypad Cities Inspired By Natural Disasters

Very Large Floating Structures (VLFS) If and when the seas begin to rise to the point where whole islands or even nations are underwater: Kiribati, Maldives, Seychelles, Torres Straight Islands, Tegua, Solomon Islands, Micronesia, Palau,…

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The Biggest Mall In The World Measures 7.1 Million Square Feet

Victor David Gruen, an Austrian born architect, pioneered shopping malls in the United States, building some 50 malls from 1954 through the mid-1970s. The first suburban open-air shopping facility in the world was built near…

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World’s Largest Wind Farm Proposes Expansion To 57 Square Miles

History Of Mismanagement At Sellafield Has Residents Weary A few months back IndustryTap wrote about the most hazardous industrial site in Western Europe: the Sellafield nuclear power plant, home to the world’s first commercial nuclear…

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Check Out The View From The Tallest Buildings On Earth

While we are getting amazing pictures of our world from Google Earth and all its related projects like 3D Earth, the new slew of “tallest buildings in the world” offer startlingly beautiful views of some…

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Can Buildings Withstand Level 5 Tornadoes?

To determine whether a building can withstand a “Level 5” tornado, let’s take a look at what this means. According to the Fujita Scale a “Level 5” tornado has winds up to 318 mph (482…

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Skyscrapers Stretching To More Than One Mile Tall

In a recent IndustryTap article we looked at how a new type of metal rope will allow elevators to go higher than ever before while being more energy efficient and safe. This technology was used…

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Denver Airport 2nd Largest In The World, Twice the Size of Manhattan

Denver International Airport is twice the size of Manhattan and is the second largest public works project in the world, second only to the Chunnel linking England and France. By land area, it is the…

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Futuristic Hotel Designs From Self-Sustaining To Luxury Floating

These days there are more types of hotels to choose from than pastries in an Italian pastry shop. Categories include: Hip (popular with celebrities); underwater, themed boutique, romantic, casino, compact, eco-friendly (IndustryTap, Jul. 2013), child-friendly,…

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Architecture

Surrealism Movement’s Delightfully Disturbing Influence on Architecture

Window Coatings That Can Save Your House Energy And Money

Space Age Floating Lillypad Cities Inspired By Natural Disasters

The Biggest Mall In The World Measures 7.1 Million Square Feet

World’s Largest Wind Farm Proposes Expansion To 57 Square Miles

Check Out The View From The Tallest Buildings On Earth

Can Buildings Withstand Level 5 Tornadoes?

Skyscrapers Stretching To More Than One Mile Tall

Denver Airport 2nd Largest In The World, Twice the Size of Manhattan

Futuristic Hotel Designs From Self-Sustaining To Luxury Floating

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