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Alvar Aalto Foundation Announces Preservation Milestone for Studio Aalto in Helsinki, Finland

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© Alvar Aalto Foundation Studio Aalto and its garden area have just been officially granted protection by the Uusimaa Centre for Economic Development, Transport, and the Environment. Additionally, the Studio reflects the architectural-office design ethos of the 1950s and 60s. Read more »

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Transportation Secretary Buttigieg admits ‘we don't fully know’ scope or extent of Francis Scott Key Bridge repairs in Baltimore

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Engineering News-Record reported that debris removal has already begun in haste at Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse site, where six people lost their lives last Tuesday , courtesy of the U.S. "Right now we don't fully know everything we need to know about the condition of the portions of the bridge that did not collapse."

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Chicago could become site of the Great Lakes' first offshore wind farm

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Department of Transportation. The bill sets up a fund that would help the state to compete for federal money, including $230 million for port infrastructure projects available from the U.S. Evans introduced the bill, the Illinois Rust Belt to Green Belt Pilot Program Act, in January.

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Vector's Wulingshan Eye Stone Spring emerges as a font for wellness north of Beijing

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Photo by Liu Guowei Overcoming its challenging site affords views of the Yanshan Mountains while abutting a steep rock cliff to the west, opening onto an expansive vista of the alluvial plains to the east and mountain range beyond.

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Calatrava’s completed St Nicholas Church at 9/11 site features a translucent stone exterior that appears to ‘glow by the light of 10,000 candles’ at night

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The church is the second Calatrava-designed project to be completed at the World Trade Center Memorial site in New York City, following his World Trade Center Transportation Hub , which opened in 2016. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church and National Shrine.

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The Rise of 3D-Printed Prefabricated Homes

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However, due to the slow-changing nature of the construction industry, a radical shift involving large-scale 3D-printing machines on-site and a complete overhaul of the construction process seems unlikely shortly. In off-site 3D-printed construction, there is no need to transport massive 3D-printing machines on-site.

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MAD Completes ‘the Train Station in the Forest,’ Their First Transit-Oriented Development in China

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Image © CreatAR MAD Architects has announced the completion of the Jiaxing Train Station, the first transportation infrastructure project developed by the architecture office. As China has developed significantly in terms of urbanization, its train stations have grown into complicated, widespread, and uninviting infrastructures.

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