Going Up…
Elevator design is an exacting discipline: [Veteran elevator designer John Fortune...] carries a "probable stop" table, which applies probability to the vexation that boils up when each passenger...
View ArticleThings I Learned on the Internet. (#33,584 in a continuing series.)
I now know what a Schwerbelastungskörper is: It's a massive cylindrical block of concrete, standing 18 meters high and weighing in at 12,560 metric tons. It is located in the Berlin neighborhood of...
View Article"As a writer and broadcaster about the arts, Jonathan Meades is essentially a...
There's a YouTube channel devoted to the inimitable Jonathan Meades. I may be gone for a little while… [Via Qwghlm]
View Article300m x 180m x 18m
After World War II, St Nazaire on France's Atlantic coast was left with a huge concrete eyesore: a U-boat base big enough to house 19 subs and built to survive Allied bombs. The question is, what can...
View ArticleBurj Dubai
Geoff Manaugh proposes an alternative use for the Burj Dubai, just in case that whole hotels/offices/apartments business plan fails to work out.
View ArticleFlood
Dan Hill has posted an epic tale of life in Brisbane as the floodwater started to rise: We spot a large advert for chocolate milk adorning a building. "Dive into chocolately fun" it says. It seems...
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