Posted on April 2nd, 2010 by jxh
Going to Las Vegas soon? Be sure to catch this stunning attraction, which also happens to be an engineering marvel.
The Fountains of Bellagio is a water performance choreographed to light and music that takes place in front of the Bellagio hotel and casino. The fountains are set in a manmade lake and incorporate a network of pipes with more than 1,200 nozzles that synchronize with over 4,500 lights.
Amazing videos after the jump.
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Tags: Art, Civil, Mechanical
Posted on March 24th, 2010 by axb
Your room wouldn’t get a lot of sun, but it would certainly have a great view.
This year, one of the standout entries for eVolo Magazine’s skyscraper design competition is a structure as a tall as the Empire State Building that extends deep underwater.
The imaginative building, also called a sub- or sea-scraper, was designed by Sarly Adre bin Sarkum of Malaysia and intended to contrast with the above-ground entries that dominated the competition.
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Tags: Architectural, Civil, Environmental, Ocean
Posted on February 2nd, 2010 by jxh
Imagine a highway in the sky. Now imagine that you are riding a bike instead of driving a car. That is the idea behind the concept Kolelinia.
Kolelinia is a transportation system designed to allow bikers to pedal above street traffic on steel wire bicycle lanes, offering a different view than biking on the ground.
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Tags: Civil, Transportation
Posted on January 14th, 2010 by jxh
Thousands of lives have been lost in Haiti after a major earthquake struck the southern region of the island nation two days ago. The earthquake reached a magnitude of 7.0 and occurred near the boundary between two major tectonic plates, the Caribbean and North American plates. The catastrophe knocked over power lines and caused buildings to crumble.
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Tags: Architectural, Civil, Earthquake engineering
Posted on January 8th, 2010 by axb
We’ve previously covered a few of Dubai’s many architectural excesses, which often stretch the limits of both the imagination and the wallet. Next to add to this list of extravagant, awe-inspiring projects is the Burj Khalifa, a building that stands 2,717 ft. – taller than any other man-made structure in the world (see a comparison chart below).
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Tags: Architectural, Civil
