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 10, 2014 | Construction, Record, Structures |
Rotterdam Market Hall Location: Rotterdam, Netherlands Date Built: 2014 Designed by: MVRDV The arched building located in the center of Rotterdam and is a combination of a market and apartments. The cost of the building is 175 million Euros with a total surface of...
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 26, 2014 | CFS, Design, Software |
We discussed in previous articles some of the advantages of Cold-Formed Steel (CFS) over other systems. In this article, we are going to discuss a unique software that is used only to design CFS. This software is called the Steel Smart System or SSS. The software is...
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...