Transportation Archives - The Architect’s Newspaper https://www.archpaper.com/category/subject/transportation/ The most authoritative voice on architecture and design in the United States. Mon, 20 May 2024 21:02:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 City Limits sees urban interstate development through the eyes of community organizers https://www.archpaper.com/2024/05/city-limits-sees-urban-interstate-development-through-the-eyes-of-community-organizers/ Mon, 20 May 2024 21:02:44 +0000 https://www.archpaper.com/?p=376428 City Limits: Infrastructure, Inequality, and The Future of America’s Highways by Megan Kimble | Penguin Random House | $30  It was pouring rain the day I moved to Chicago, finishing

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Icon of the Seas by Wilson Butler Architects and Royal Caribbean is the world’s largest cruise ship https://www.archpaper.com/2024/05/icon-of-the-seas-by-wilson-butler-architects-and-royal-caribbean-is-the-worlds-largest-cruise-ship/ Fri, 17 May 2024 14:49:55 +0000 https://www.archpaper.com/?p=376301 In 1996, Royal Caribbean and Wilson Butler Architects (WBA) embarked on a simple mission: Provide the “best family vacation on the planet.” Since then, the pair have put out into

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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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In California, work on the Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing is now underway https://www.archpaper.com/2024/04/california-willis-annenberg-wildlife-crossing-now-underway/ Thu, 18 Apr 2024 20:45:12 +0000 https://www.archpaper.com/?p=374720 Route 101 in Agoura Hills, California traffics over thousands of cars each year stretching from Olympia, Washington to southern Los Angeles. The ten-lane freeway provides roadway for small energy-saving cars,

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AIANY and ASLANY honor parks, airports, and other projects in Transportation + Infrastructure Design Excellence Awards https://www.archpaper.com/2024/04/aiany-aslany-honor-transportation-infrastructure-awards/ Tue, 16 Apr 2024 19:43:00 +0000 https://www.archpaper.com/?p=374530 A biophilic airport in India, a timber bridge spanning a portion of New York’s High Line, and plans for a waterfront park in Newark, New Jersey, are among the ten

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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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Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge collapses after its struck by a container ship https://www.archpaper.com/2024/03/baltimore-francis-scott-key-bridge-collapses-struck-container-ship/ Tue, 26 Mar 2024 18:45:09 +0000 https://www.archpaper.com/?p=373355 Over 11 million vehicles pass over Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge annually. Spanning over 1.6 miles, the bridge runs over outer harbor and Patapsco River. Around 1:30 a.m., on Tuesday,

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The Chinatown Stitch, an urban design project that would cap part of the Vine Street Expressway, moves forward in Philadelphia https://www.archpaper.com/2024/03/chinatown-stitch-cap-vine-street-expressway-philadelphia/ Tue, 12 Mar 2024 17:51:24 +0000 https://www.archpaper.com/?p=372706 A $159 million federal grant was issued this week to Philadelphia officials interested in capping portions of the Vine Street Expressway: A menacing, below-grade thoroughfare that’s divided Philadelphia’s Chinatown since

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luis vidal + architects tops Logan Airport’s Terminal E with a prismatic red volume https://www.archpaper.com/2024/02/luis-vidal-architects-tops-logan-airport-terminal-with-prismatic-red-volume/ Fri, 09 Feb 2024 09:51:15 +0000 https://www.archpaper.com/?p=370917 Brought to you by: Architect: luis vidal + architects Completion Date: October 2023 Location: Boston View More Project Info luis vidal + architects has delivered an expansion to Terminal E,

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