Modular construction has promised a great deal of potential to reduce waste. But what if one answer is to do more intricate construction on-site, not less? 3D printers attached to robots and drones are demonstrating that they might have the versatility to finally bring the unruly building process to heel. …
3 Ultra-Cool Architecture Projects From Small Firms Around the World
1. Brooklyn’s Gowanus Canal Transformed into Sponge Park One of the United States’ most polluted bodies of water is about to receive a much-needed makeover: In early 2014, construction will begin on a pollution-preventing greenscape that will run alongside Brooklyn’s Gowanus Canal. The proposal, dubbed Sponge Park, was envisioned more …
PEORIA 5: Preserving and Documenting Peoria’s Architectural Heritage
In the late 70s and early 80s Peoria AIA was responsible for the creation of a series of documentary books that aimed to record and preserve historical architecture throughout Peoria Illinois. Four volumes were originally created, with preliminary planning done for a fifth. That fifth volume was never finished and …