Technology Archives - The Architect’s Newspaper https://www.archpaper.com/category/subject/technology/ The most authoritative voice on architecture and design in the United States. Tue, 21 May 2024 15:02:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu unveils regional plan to build a “massive free trade zone” with rail service to NEOM https://www.archpaper.com/2024/05/benjamin-netanyahu-unveils-regional-plan-free-trade-zone-rail-service-neom/ Tue, 21 May 2024 15:02:16 +0000 https://www.archpaper.com/?p=376168 Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office recently released a PowerPoint that gives a glimpse into what the Likud Party has in mind for Gaza’s future, and the Levant region at

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As silicosis cases rise, architects reconsider engineered stone https://www.archpaper.com/2024/05/safe-material-engineered-stone-new-regulations-effects-health/ Wed, 15 May 2024 21:08:28 +0000 https://www.archpaper.com/?p=376181 Engineered stone is often hailed as a wonder material. It’s cheap, durable, recyclable, and attractive. But it’s also killing people, according to medical researchers and public health officials around the

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Benediktas Gylys’s The Portal temporarily closes in New York and Dublin due to “inappropriate behavior” https://www.archpaper.com/2024/05/the-portal-temporarily-closes-inappropriate-behavior/ Wed, 15 May 2024 15:15:46 +0000 https://www.archpaper.com/?p=376140 Since The Portal opened on May 8 outside New York’s Flatiron Building and in Dublin, the majority of visitors have been respectful. And it did what the Lithuanian artist and

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Gensler’s Product Sustainability (GPS) Standards are a step toward a more circular economy and less carbon-intensive industry https://www.archpaper.com/2024/05/gensler-product-sustainability-gps-standards/ Tue, 14 May 2024 16:18:44 +0000 https://www.archpaper.com/?p=376099 Gensler’s Product Sustainability (GPS) Standards send a market signal to manufacturers, clients, and the AEC industry in general: The largest architectural services firm in the world is on a quest

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Geo-Fantasies at Citygroup peels back the layers of the carbon capture industry https://www.archpaper.com/2024/05/geo-fantasies-citygroup-carbon-capture/ Tue, 07 May 2024 19:59:24 +0000 https://www.archpaper.com/?p=375598 Geo-Fantasies: A Space Race on Planet Earth Citygroup 104b Forsyth Street New York Through June 16 Carbon capture is often heralded as the future of climate change technology. It sounds

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Carlo Ratti Associati, WeBuild, and Michel Virlogeux propose replacement for Francis Scott Key Bridge https://www.archpaper.com/2024/05/carlo-ratti-associati-webuild-michel-virlogeux-francis-scott-key-bridge/ Mon, 06 May 2024 19:53:44 +0000 https://www.archpaper.com/?p=375506 When the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed early March 26 in Baltimore, six construction workers died in the Patapsco River, and the wreckage was broadcast on news stations around the

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Cargill debuts the world’s first ever wind-powered ocean liner with WindWings® https://www.archpaper.com/2024/04/cargill-wind-powered-ocean-liner-windwings/ Wed, 24 Apr 2024 19:58:38 +0000 https://www.archpaper.com/?p=374939 Modern architecture and ocean liners are close cousins, if not immediate siblings. A revolution in one discipline tends to signal that change is coming for the other. In Towards a

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The International Mass Timber Conference promotes community through design, manufacturing, and a shared love of craft https://www.archpaper.com/2024/04/international-mass-timber-conference-promotes-community/ Thu, 18 Apr 2024 15:54:50 +0000 https://www.archpaper.com/?p=374689 The spirit of mass timber is the ethos of Portland; there’s no better place for this conference than the City of Roses. For the eighth year in a row, the

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Electric charging roads for EVs might just be the next new thing https://www.archpaper.com/2024/04/electric-charging-roads-next-new-thing/ Thu, 11 Apr 2024 18:17:09 +0000 https://www.archpaper.com/?p=374352 Believe it or not before the proliferation of the gasoline powered car, electric vehicles (EV) were the norm. The first crude EV was introduced in 1832 by Robert Anderson, and

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In Massachusetts, HGA is transforming a former gravel quarry into a biotech campus https://www.archpaper.com/2024/04/massachusetts-hga-gravel-quarry-biotech-campus/ Mon, 08 Apr 2024 16:57:13 +0000 https://www.archpaper.com/?p=373822 Well before Herman Melville penned Moby Dick, seaside towns along the Massachusetts shoreline from Gloucester to New Bedford have provided kitchens with lobster, salmon, pike, bass, and other produce. Just

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