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Why Social Housing Units in Cities Will Be Hard Hit by Climate Change
As the planet gets hotter, many of us will sweat through record temperatures in buildings that aren’t designed to cool down. New technologies will help.
How Staten Island is Turning a Massive Pile of Garbage into a Park
What was once the biggest landfill in the world is on track to become a park three times the size of Central Park.
3D Printing Will Make the Construction Industry More Sustainable
It could help with housing affordability, too.
This Is the Longest Floating Bridge in the World
If you need to know how to make a 230,000-ton ribbon of concrete float on one of the deepest lakes of the Northwest, ask the engineers of the Evergreen Point Bridge.
Evolo Magazine Announces Winners Of Coveted 2014 Skyscraper Competition
We examine the prize-winning proposals awarded, "Outstanding ideas for vertical living."
The Roads of the Future Will Charge Your Car, Keep You from Crashing
Electric cars seem like the perfect solution to reducing smog and our dependence on oil, except for one thing: Batteries just aren't all that great.
The Future Tallest Building In New Jersey Broke Ground Today
It's called Journal Squared, and it's pretty dang tall.
The Global Elite Are Sleeping Inside a Golden Egg in the Swiss Alps
And not just metaphorically, either.
The Twelve Mile High Tower Is on "Pause" Thanks to the Jet Stream
A top sci-fi writer and a respected engineer's effort to build the world's largest structure has hit a 310 mile per hour snag.
The Mood of the Chinese Internet Lights Up the Facade of Beijing's Water Cube
It's not often that ancient Chinese texts about divining the future and social media meet.
This Plot To Turn Penn Station Into a Futuristic "City Within a City" Gets It Right
The designers behind the High Line want to turn New York's train dungeon into an urban sponge.
Toyo Ito's Biggest Building: A Stadium That's Secretly a Solar Power Plant
2013 Pritzker Prize winner Toyo Ito began his career with luminous and transparent houses in his native Japan. But a sports stadium put him on the map.