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We start another series… Yes, another one. This time we want to highlight engineers, past and present (P&P), that have made a significant contribution to structural engineering. Othmar Hermann Amman i...

9 Okt 202437min

Hello, and welcome to the final part of our mini series where we discuss ten projects we feel... [insert adjective here] about! In our final* episode we learn about diagrid skyscraper design for China...

24 Sep 202444min

Are floating cities the answer to rising sea levels? Do we need a city dedicated to innovation and technology-driven research for the transport industry to accelerate sustainability efforts? Can you h...

10 Sep 202446min

What if we changed the way we build our cities? The Line aims to revolutionise how cities are configured and built. Would you fancy living in this skyscraper turned horizontal metropolis? The Fjords i...

30 Aug 202434min

Can birds stop bridges being built? Should historic events prevent us from rebuilding monuments? Are data centres something tourists would love to see? These are three questions we encounter today in ...

23 Aug 202447min

Structural failure is often accidental. In a minority of cases, acts of terrorism cause deliberate impact-induced damage. The 1995 bombing of the Alfred Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City is the...

15 Aug 202438min

"It so happens that the work which is likely to be our most durable monument, and to convey some knowledge of us to the most remote posterity, is a work of bare utility; not a shrine, not a fortress, ...

9 Aug 202428min

Form and function; two words familiar to any structural engineer. The bridge is where these two words form a union - the very function of a bridge is its form! Bridges preceded buildings: bridges enab...

31 Jul 202434min