At the University of California San Diego, there's the Shake Table; an earthquake simulator with the heaviest payload capacity in the world
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Inside the lab that tests elevator free-falls – we sent Fred down the world's deepest elevator test shaft in Tytyri, Finland
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Potash buildings
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Megacities: Reality or fiction? Architecture in sci-fi
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China’s global mega-projects are falling apart
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Why Norway's churches look weird
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This video tells the story of the Nakagin Capsule Tower, its design, construction, life, and ultimate demise
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The insane scale of Europe's new mega-tunnel – Denmark is building a record-breaking tunnel to Germany
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Is Helsinki city centre's new neighbourhood, Wood City, the future of building? Developers are increasingly swapping out concrete and steel in favour of wood
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An overview of concrete forming technology
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Gothenburg is on a $100bn building spree
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Known as "torfbæir", these ingeniously designed Icelandic homes helped settle one of Europe's least-hospitable environments
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Inside the first undersea roundabout – one of the world's most remote construction projects can be found on the Faroe Islands
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Turkey has built the longest suspension bridge in the world
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What are the differences between the Autobahnen and the Interstate Highway System?
I know there are some Germans on Tildes, figure at least one of y’all might know. How does a typical Autobahn differ from a typical Interstate in design and construction? How often is repair work...
I know there are some Germans on Tildes, figure at least one of y’all might know. How does a typical Autobahn differ from a typical Interstate in design and construction? How often is repair work done and how long does it last? What work would be required to upgrade an Interstate to Autobahn standards?
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For centuries, indigenous groups in north-east India have crafted intricate bridges from living fig trees. Now this ancient skill is making its way to European cities.
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Undersea rail-road tunnel between Denmark and Germany – Fehmarn Belt Fixed Link explained
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Skellefteå has wooden schools, bridges, even car parks – we visit Sweden to see what a climate-conscious future looks like
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The real first 3D printed buildings (1930s)
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Wood construction and the risk of fire
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Why it's hard to innovate in construction
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Looking for more home and building related content!
I'm really not sure if I posted this in the right place, but I have been watching the Youtube channel "The B1M" and the guy's other channel "Tomorrow's Build" and I really like his type of...
I'm really not sure if I posted this in the right place, but I have been watching the Youtube channel "The B1M" and the guy's other channel "Tomorrow's Build" and I really like his type of content. I've also been watching tv shows about homes and the types of people who live in what homes in which parts of the country (Denmark). I also watched a couple of episodes of "The World's Most Extraordinary Homes" on Netflix...
So yeah, I obviously really have an itching for more content along the lines of buildings and especially homes. So, does anyone have suggestion on what to watch next?
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Ise Jingu and the Pyramid of Enabling Technologies
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The Scandinavian way to zero-carbon construction – cities like Oslo, Helsinki and Copenhagen are working to clean up one of the world's most high-emission industries
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Plans for an artificial island to house 35,000 people and protect the port of Copenhagen from rising sea levels have been approved by Danish MPs
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Tokyo's subway system
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Snøhetta, the world's first tunnel for large ships, has been approved and will soon begin looking for contractors in Norway – expected to begin construction in 2022
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Swedish officials have joined Danish critics in registering concerns that an island-building plan, a signature test of Copenhagen's development model, could have risks
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Wooden buildings that won’t burn
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Faroe Islands are set to open an under-sea roundabout – the underwater tunnels connect the islands of Streymoy and Eysturoy in a network some 11km long
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The new $45 billion metro system under construction beneath Paris
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How Reykjavik's sheet-metal homes beat the Icelandic winter – they may be unorthodox, but the innovative buildings have kept residents warm and dry for more than a century
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Denmark’s 300-year-old homes of the future – thatched with a seaweed that has the potential to be a contemporary building material
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Open Platform and JAJA Architects construct Denmark's first wooden parking house, enabling Denmark reach its goal to become climate neutral in 2050
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CF Møller Architects have revealed photos of the Kajstaden Tall Timber Building, which has recently completed in the city of Västerås and is Sweden's tallest timber building
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Copenhagen-based firm Henning Larsen Architects has proposed a low-rise neighborhood south of central Copenhagen using all-timber construction
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Passivhaus detailing and design: A complete guide for architects
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Danish Rubjerg lighthouse moved inland on skates – coastal erosion from North Sea winds threatened to topple it into the sea
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"I like to think of bricks as brushstrokes or pixels" An interview with Will Quam, a brick enthusiast in Chicago
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Notre Dame: Time to call in the French builders with medieval skills
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What termites can teach us about cooling our buildings
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From skyscraper to 'plyscraper': The towering potential of timber
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The urbanist case for trailer parks
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Pre-fabricated timber system to enable modern, self-built homes
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