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Structural engineer Hanif Kara receives the 2024 Soane Medal

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The 2024 Soane Medal has been awarded to Hanif Kara, the British structural engineer and founder of the London-based firm AKT II.

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Cause of 2018 fire that destroyed Mackintosh Building is "undetermined" according to new report

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The fire that ripped through Glasgow School of Art’s Mackintosh building in 2018 was so fierce and all-consuming that the cause can never be known conclusively, according to a long-awaited report.

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Researchers tackling innovative housing strategies selected as SOM Foundation 2023 Research Prize winners

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This is the sixth edition of the Prize, which was created in 2018 to “cultivate new ideas and meaningful research that addresses the critical issues of our time.”

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Westlake University by HENN

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Established in 2018, Westlake University is a new type of research university, a first in the history of modern China, funded through the Westlake Education Foundation. The School of Life Science, the School of Science and the School of Engineering are housed in separate buildings.

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Exclusive Film: La Quebradora Water Park in Mexico City, a Holcim Foundation Award-Winning Project

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Over the past twenty years, the Holcim Foundation Awards has committed USD 20M to spotlighting projects from an industry-changing cast of architects, designers, and engineers who champion innovative practices in sustainable design and construction. Read more »

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Webuild and Carlo Ratti propose replacement for Baltimore’s collapsed Key Bridge following tragedy

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Today, the Webuild group advanced a proposal designed in collaboration with architect and MIT professor Carlo Ratti and French structural engineer Michel Virlogeux for a new bridge in Baltimore that would replace the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge.

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The Leaning Tower of Pisa is still straightening things out (a bit)

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This is the second update to the engineering project since 2018. Some Italian officials are taking that optimism further, claiming the Tower could stand all the way straight on its own some day. The tower is expected to last at least another 300 years.