Architecture and Construction

Study offers historic buildings protection from climate change

Researchers at the University of Edinburgh have devised a method of forecasting damage caused by the weather to stone buildings – including statues, monuments…

Nanomaterials poised for big impact in construction

Nanomaterials are poised for widespread use in the construction industry, where they can offer significant advantages for a variety of applications ranging…

Thinner, lighter and safer laminated glass façade for Portuguese office building thanks to DuPont™ SentryGlas® interlayer

The ability of SentryGlas® to create highly-resilient laminates with excellent post-breakage performance has allowed the façade engineering specialist Facal,…

A Safe Room? a New Home Entertainment System? Choose the First

An iconic photo snapped in the tragedy's aftermath speaks the proverbial thousand words: amid a landscape devastated, and houses crushed like eggshells, one…

110-foot concrete bridge withstands 8.0 earthquake simulation

After a succession of eight separate earthquake simulations, a 110-foot long, 200-ton concrete bridge model at the University of Nevada, Reno withstood a…

NJIT professor tells architects building practices to withstand hurricanes

Rima Taher, an expert in the design of low-rise buildings for extreme winds and hurricane, hopes her phone won't ring much this hurricane season. It's already…

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