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Engineering Excellence for Guardrails and Windscreens: Merging Safety and Innovation

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These systems are crucial for protecting elevated spaces like balconies, terraces, and staircases, incorporating materials such as tempered laminated glass, stainless steel, aluminum and innovative fastening systems. This allows for transparency and unobstructed views without compromising safety.

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Liu Jiakun: Get to Know the 2025 Pritzker Winner's Work

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These concepts do not obstruct his consciousness of human needs and the importance of community spaces. Through his projects, Liu Jiakun proves that spaces can affect human behavior and become positively evocative. Image Arch-Exist The 2025 Pritzker Prize has been awarded this year to Chinese Architect Liu Jiakun.

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Revisiting Skyscraper Design: The Benefits of Responsive Facades and Passive Designs

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Image © Stephen Bridger via Shutterstock Our contemporary society has been witnessing a surge in skyscraper construction in urban centers worldwide for various reasons—including engineering advancements, increased urban density , space constraints, and, arguably, a competitive drive for building the tallest structures.

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Adapt, Breathe, Regenerate: Envisioning a New Chapter in Architectural Materials

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Historically, architecture relied on natural raw materials like wood, stone, and metals, which defined built spaces but often strained ecosystems. Today, the discipline seems to be undergoing a profound transformation, shifting beyond mitigating negative impacts to actively fostering the planet's regeneration. Read more

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China to launch one-kilometre-wide solar farm into space

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The solar farm, which would be launched into space using heavy-lift rockets, is expected to stretch one kilometre in width and continuously harvest renewable energy for Earth. Read: NASA space mission to demonstrate "very high velocity" solar-sail technology "We are working on this project now," said Long. "It

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SOM completes Rice University’s new engineering and science building behind a patterned brick facade

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Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) has completed a new engineering and science building for Rice University in Houston, Texas. ” Image credit: Dave Burk © SOM The new building contains laboratories, classrooms, offices, a cafe, and gathering spaces. Named the Ralph S. Image cred.

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ZGF designs new home for Space Shuttle Endeavour in Los Angeles

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ZGF Architects has unveiled details of its Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center, which has just broken ground in Los Angeles. The 200,000-square-foot facility will house 150 exhibits across three multi-level galleries and will serve as the permanent home of Space Shuttle Endeavour, one of three remaining flown space shuttle orbiters.

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