A shipping container looks like the perfect shortcut. It arrives as a sealed steel box, it stacks nine high on a cargo ship, and it survives ocean storms for...
On May 16, 1968, a small gas explosion in a kitchen on the 18th floor of Ronan Point, a 22-story precast concrete apartment block in London, blew out a...
Picture a building during a strong earthquake or a windstorm. The walls and columns get most of the attention, but the floors and the roof are doing quiet, critical...
Many homeowners and even some first-time developers assume that the drawings their architect produces are the only plans a project needs. Then the permit application stalls, and the building...
Every year, thousands of single-family homes develop structural problems that could have been prevented during design or construction. Some defects appear as hairline cracks in drywall. Others manifest as...
Introduction: The Ground Beneath Your Feet Isn’t as Solid as You Think Most of us take the ground for granted. It is the stable, unmoving constant upon which we...
The vital role of structural engineering in your projects cannot be underestimated. Structural engineering involves the essential design and analysis of the framework that supports the weight and load...
A triple circular pods 9 meters in diameter interconnected via 1.5 meter width pathways. The materials used are 3D printed interconnecting smart bricks which are built using Lunar regolith....