How to alleviate “range anxiety” when it comes to driving EVs? Research and testing are ongoing worldwide on the viability or “concrete ‘eRoads’ that would inductively charge EVs as they travel. This inductive charging is wireless and would occur if the vehicle is stationary or moving. ...
A year-end article in the Harvard Business Review named German cement company Heidelberg’s pledge to create carbon neutral concrete by 2050 as one of the Top Sustainability Stories of 2019... a first for the industry....
Sosnowska frequently uses concrete in her art and her new atelier is a simple concrete volume created with a 5m by 12m concrete frame. The space is “Minimal and tidy, her voluminous concrete and glass studio lends itself to pure, undistracted experimentation.”...
Concrete “listening ears” were replaced by radar, but they left an impact on designers. Matali Crasset, the artistic director of French concrete specialist Concrete by LCDA, has created a collection of concrete furniture, including a lamp shaped like the military listening devices. ...
Devastating fires in California continue to burn. The namesake of one of the massive fires, the Getty Center, was built knowing that a fire of this magnitude was a serious possibility. Richard Meier designed it to be fire and earthquake safe with ?????????? ???????? ?????......
We recently stumbled upon the website “Trees Full of Money” and their outstanding article on ICF construction inspired by an episode of Extreme Makeover Home Edition. This is a great article to share with contacts who have questions re ICF, as they describe the product, process & benefits. ...
... which opened in Oct.1959. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and built for $3 million, it remains a stunning example of the beauty and flexibility of concrete. Wright wanted to use stone, but concrete was less expensive. It took 7000 cubic feet of concrete and 700 tons of structural steel...