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How to Look at Invisible Buildings | South Korea’s Tower Infinity

Just as we were coming to terms with the new superlative heights and grandness achieved by skyscrapers these days, along comes South Korea's proposed building for 2014, the Tower Infinity. Its main feature: invisibility. Welcome to the era of invisible…

neoli20 septiembre 2013

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For the Sake of Height: Skyscrapers with Vanity Height

Vanity height. Now there’s a word the Oxford dictionary should have added to its list of new words for the 3rd quarter of 2013. Early this month, the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) revealed the sins of…

neoli12 septiembre 2013

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Non-Conventional Building Materials

Forget steel and cement for the meanwhile and let’s go back to basics. Seaweed power! Modern Seaweed House in Denmark (Image from Dezeen.com) Old-school builders were…

neoli9 septiembre 2013

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Climate-proof Buildings and Apocalypse-proof Castles

With the effects of climate change upon us, designers are making climate-proof buildings. One family takes a step further with an apocalypse-proof castle. There’s this reality show on National Geographic Channel airing these days, and it’s about a castle…

neoli2 septiembre 2013

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Good-bye Animal Suffering. Hello, Lab Meat.

As a general rule we don’t eat meat that often. It’s not some conscious effort to be a vegan, either for health reasons or out of respect for our fellow animals—we just like vegetables better. But once in a while…

neoli29 agosto 2013

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3 Tips in Choosing LEED Contractors

The decision to build green is not always an easy one. You know the drill: there’s tedious paperwork to be done, strict rules to consider, and very little leeway. USGBC, championing green buiding(Image from www.bestpracticesconstructionlaw.com) Thankfully, that’s where LEED contractors…

neoli24 agosto 2013

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Benefits of Biking for the Newbie

I'm in the market for a new bike. It occurred to me that I know how to ride a bike, but there is absolutely no bike in the house. Also, I've never bothered learning how to drive a car. I…

neoli19 agosto 2013

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Why Graphene is Our New Favorite Material

You’ve probably heard about graphene before. It’s this new revolutionary material that’s tougher than diamond, more elastic than rubber, a much better conductor than copper, and it can even repair itself. A perfect hexagonal lattice of graphene. (Image from www.bbc.co.uk)…

neoli11 agosto 2013

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Aircon-less Architecture | Surviving the Heat without Air Conditioning

That precious, sanity-saving technology called the air conditioner celebrated its 111th birthday last July 17. (For a fantastically-detailed and engaging history of air-conditioners, check out Poplorica: A Popular History of the Fads, Mavericks, Inventions, and Lore that Shaped Modern America,…

neoli1 agosto 2013

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New Century Global Center: China’s New Big Building and What It Means for the Rest of Us

China has a new shiny building, and it’s a big one. As in big big. The New Century Global Center: The new largest standalone structure in the world. Set in the city of Chengdu in Southwest China, the New Century…

neoli27 julio 2013