Endangered Buildings Preserved in Virtual Reality
3D archive brings threatened heritage to a wider audience
Reals within reals: digital modelling technologies
The latest digital modelling technologies allow us to step inside building designs and conceive of places we never thought possible
Blank Canvas: How to derive the greatest value from transport hubs?
Transport hubs play a key role in their communities as places to gather or pass through. How can we get the most out of them?
Welcome to Virtual Chicago
WSP’s 3D model incorporates infrastructure and covers 450 square miles
Blank Canvas: Can We Make A Totally Recyclable Building?
In a circular economy, how could we design a completely recyclable building?
Beyond Cement: Geopolymer Concrete
Carbon-neutral alternative uses no Portland cement at all
Is CLT the answer for seismic zones?
CLT can create lighter, less variable structures
Tall timber: how high can CLT go?
There is considerable excitement about high-rise timber — has its time finally come?
Concrete Play-Doh overcomes ‘square thinking’
ETH Zurich and MIT explore digital casting for complex concrete forms
Marvellous Mutations: Adventures in Materials Science
Completely new materials may not come along very often, but scientists are remixing old ones — and it’s changing the shape of our cities
Alder Hey: Anatomy of a Modular Hospital
How Laing O’Rourke and WSP built a hospital out of 15,000 pre-assembled elements
Serious hardware: 3D printed concrete
Is this the solution to reconciling mass-production and creative architecture?
Early Riser: La Trobe Tower
Melbourne contractor Hickory’s 44-storey tower was completed in just 16 months
Blank Canvas: Can You Make Construction Weather-Proof?
One problem, three engineers, no constraints
Stacked Up: The Long-Held Dream of Modular Construction
Modular is finally becoming reality, thanks to advances in computer modelling, 3D printing and robotics