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The world’s first rotating skyscraper to be built in Dubai
The proposed Dynamic Tower Hotel will have individually rotating units, allowing guests to swivel their rooms 360 degrees An 80-story dynamic shape-shifting skyscraper is the dream of the...
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Chile is building Latin America’s longest suspension bridge
The Chacao Bridge is an emblematic project for the country. It is expected to improve quality of life, commerce and tourism for the Island of Chiloe, which will be united with mainland Chile for the f...
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Altair will be the tallest residential towers in Sri Lanka
The iconic towers, one vertical and the other one tilted, will consist of 68 and 64 floors respectively In the heart of Colombo, Sri Lanka’s capital, the tallest residential towers around thi...
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Hayward Baker: Seaworld Electric Eel
Hayward Baker completed the construction of the Electric Eel roller coaster a week ahead of schedule and without causing harm to adjacent sensitive exhibits. SeaWorld San Diego’s 2018 constructio...
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Could linking Scotland and Northern Ireland by a bridge become a reality?
Such a project is ‘feasible’ and has ‘exceptional’ business potential, says top architect Plans to build an automobile and train connection between Scotland and Northern Ireland were first anno...
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Could circular runways revolutionize air travel?
The new airport concept, called ‘the endless runway’, could be used in all wind conditions, since there is always a point without a crosswind on the circular track ‘The Endless Runway’ is a...
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View from above: World’s longest glass bridge just opened in Hebei, China
The spectacular footpath is 488 meters (1,601 feet) long, breaking the previous record by 58 m (191 feet) It is the world’s longest glass suspension bridge and features a ‘swaying sensation...
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Flats hosted inside water pipes may be a solution to Hong Kong's housing crisis
A local architect, with his ‘Opod Tube Housing’ project, aims to build low-cost, stackable apartments using sections of 2.5m-wide concrete water pipes For the past 12 straight months, home pric...
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A small-scale company in Zanzibar transforms waste glass into bricks
The initiative started as a way to deal with the large quantities of waste glass that are produced on the island and stay untreated, ending up into the natural surroundings Thousands of tourist...
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Video with the most captivating 2017 Structural Engineering News
Thestructuralengineer.info is pleased to launch a video with a selection of the most captivating news that were posted in its Structural News Center in 2017. Big things happened in 2017 at the...
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