Tag: Buildings
Demolishing the White House East Wing to build a ballroom embodies...
R. Grant Gilmore III, College of Charleston
From ancient Egypt to Washington, D.C., rulers have long used architecture and...
Denver study shows removing parking requirements results in more affordable housing...
Susan D. Daggett, University of Denver and Stefan Chavez-Norgaard, University of Denver
Removing parking requirements for new buildings could...
2 ways cities can beat the heat: Which is best, urban...
Ian Smith, Boston University and Lucy Hutyra, Boston University
When summer turns up the heat, cities can start to...
3D printing promises to transform architecture forever – and create forms...
James Rose, University of Tennessee
In architecture, new materials rarely emerge.
For centuries, wood, masonry and...
3D printing promises to transform architecture forever – and create forms...
James Rose, University of Tennessee
In architecture, new materials rarely emerge.
For centuries, wood, masonry and...
Cuba’s post-revolution architecture offers a blueprint for how to build more...
M. Wesam Al Asali, Princeton University
Around the world, there’s a conjoined crisis of climate change and housing shortages...
Electric heat pumps use much less energy than furnaces, and can...
Robert Brecha, University of Dayton
To help curb climate change, President Biden has set a goal of lowering U.S....
Clever chemistry turns ordinary bricks into electricity storage devices
Julio M. D'Arcy, Washington University in St Louis
The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work.
The big idea
In my synthetic chemistry lab,...
EXPLORING NATURE
The battle over a global energy transition is on between petro-states...
Jennifer Morgan, Tufts University
Two years ago, countries around the world set a goal of “transitioning away from fossil...
