by Structural News | Sep 5, 2014 | Construction, Controversy, Structures |
Banpo Bridge Location: Seoul, South Korea Designed by: Dae Han Consultants Company, Ltd Date Built: 1982 The Moonlight Rainbow fountain was installed in 2009 on the Banpo Bridge. This fountain is the world’s longest bridge fountain. It has a Guinness World Record with...
by Structural News | Jul 11, 2014 | Construction, Controversy, Structures |
Zigzag Towers Location: Doha, Qatar Designed by: MZ and Partners architects The West Bag Lagoon Plaza consists of 2 zigzag towers. These two 34 story buildings are the tallest zigzag towers in the World. Each one of them consists of apartments, shopping mall...
by Structural News | Jun 16, 2014 | Construction, Controversy, Record, Structures |
Beijing National Stadium Location: Beijing, China Designed by: Herzog & de Meuron Year Built: 2008 This stadium is called Bird’s Nest because of its unique design. The cost of building this amazing structure is 428 million USD. The stadium was designed with a...
by Structural News | Jun 1, 2014 | Construction, Controversy, Structures |
Habitat 67 Location: Montreal, Canada Architect: Moshe Safdie Date Built: 1967 Habitat 67 is a unique housing complex. It is built as a part of Expo-67, the world’s fair that was set to take place in Montreal during 1967. It was originally conceived as Moshe...
by Structural News | May 19, 2014 | Construction, Controversy, Structures |
Humans have no limits for imagination. As we discussed before the Palm Jumeria, now Dubai is working on another enormous project. This World Islands project that they are working on is 9 by 7 kilometer (5.6x 4.3 miles). The World Islands is artificial small islands...
by Structural News | May 1, 2014 | Construction, Controversy, Record, Structures |
The construction industry is challenging the world limits. In Dubai, Palm Jumeirah is a great evidence to that. Dubai is considered a small city with limited shores on the sea. In order to increase it’s shores to attract more tourists, Dubai’s government...
