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News on buildings
3-storey residential unit made of shipping container material!
- Apr, 22, 2015
- News On Projects / Industry
- Detroit Michigan, USA
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
A residential model unit built exclusively out of recycled steel shipping containers is now a reality on the southwest corner of Trumbull and Pine, just north of Interstate 75, in Detroit. The ho...
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Dispute Over Frank Lloyd Wright Design in Great Britain
While on a 2004 business trip to Phoenix, Arizona, British electrical engineer Hugh Pratt visited the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation. As a lifelong admirer of Wright and a fan of midcentury modern arch...
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Explosion in NYC Levels 3 Buildings
- Apr, 08, 2015
- News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- New York, New York
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
Around 250 firefighters responded last Thursday after a gas main leak caused an explosion that demolished three buildings in Manhattan’s East Village. 22 people were injured, four critically, and two...
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Thailand innovative home floats in case of flooding
- Mar, 13, 2015
- News On Projects / Industry
- Ban Seng, Thailand
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
The two storey home in a Thai neighborhood for factory workers has a special feature that is not directly visible to the average eye. Hidden in the home's foundation is a system that allows it to floa...
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United States Building Fewer Skyscrapers
- Mar, 02, 2015
- News On Projects / Industry
- 930 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90017
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
The construction of an 1100-foot tall multi-use skyscraper is underway in downtown Los Angeles. At 2.1 million square feet and 73 stories tall the Wilshire Grand will be the tallest building west of t...
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