The 2023 Station Design Award judging was held last week. Earlier, 64 entries were sent to the six judges to review, and they were asked to bring their top three selections in each of the seven ...

Keywords: Design. Recommendations. Load and resistance factor design (LRFD). Seismic design. Bridges. Highways. Multispan continuous bridges. Cast-in-place concrete girders. Bearings. Elastomeric ...

Slow design is a movement in which interiors, including everything from architecture to kitchen items, are made thoughtfully and responsibly, not mass-produced. The idea is to design spaces and pieces ...

If you follow Google at all, you’ve probably heard this “Material Design 2” buzzword that’s been going around since February. At that point it was little more than just number, but as I mentioned, we ...

The digitization of production and technological resources linked to the development of increasingly sophisticated tools has a direct impact on the contemporary practice of architecture and urbanism.

A substantial majority of a part’s cost (70% or more) is effectively locked in once a design is finalized. How can a design engineer truly predict the most important cost drivers of a particular ...

In an area outside Hyderabad, India, between the suburbs and the countryside, a young woman—we’ll call her Shanti—fetches water daily from the always-open local borehole that is about 300 feet from ...

Because it doesn't include a bathtub, or require doors, screens, or curtains, the walk-in shower often makes bathrooms appear larger, cleaner, and more minimalist. However, some precautions must be ...