Architecture and Construction

‘Self-healing’ house in Greece will dare to defy nature

The University of Leeds’ NanoManufacturing Institute (NMI) will play a crucial role in the £9.5 million European Union-funded project by developing special…

New homes rise from rubbish

That’s exactly what civil engineer Dr John Forth from the University of Leeds wants to achieve with the invention of a building block made almost entirely of…

Sustainable Student Village design competition launched

The University is seeking expressions of interest for the right to build and manage the University’s £22 million ‘Sustainable Student Village’. Bidders are…

Kent awarded £322k for study into the electro-magnetic architecture of buildings

Their research will ultimately improve wireless network access in offices and also security in prisons where the illicit use of mobile phones is widespread. The project, which begins in January 2007, is in collaboration with the universities of Manchester (who received £228k) and Auckland (New Zealand), and the Police Information Technology Organisation which has pledged a further £30,000. This will bring the total funding for the project to £581,000 over three years….

Researchers of the UGR apply the method of acoustic emission to building diagnose, restoration and maintenance

A research team of the University School of Technical Architecture of the University of Granada [http://www.ugr.es], supervised by professor Antolino Gallego…

A UGR researcher proposes a formula to measure the seismic resistance of reinforced concrete buildings

Recently, it has been suggested a new formula, confirmed with numerical simulations, which is going to make the prediction of the seismic resistance of…

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