Heriot-Watt launches new Master of Architecture degree with focus on sustainability

Edinburgh’s historic architecture and the ultra-modern architecture of Dubai are among the inspirations for a new Master programme being launched by Heriot-Watt University. The new Master of Architecture (MArch) degree will be taught at the University’s Edinburgh and Dubai campuses and will have a strong focus on sustainable design, as global challenges including climate change […] The post Heriot-Watt launches new Master of Architecture degree with focus on sustainability appeared first on Architecture Magazine.

Adaptive reuse of historic New Jersey meeting house earns LEED Gold

A historic New Jersey meeting house, now a mixed-income residence designed by Joshua Zinder Architecture + Design (JZA+D), earns the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold certification for Homes. The post Adaptive reuse of historic New Jersey meeting house earns LEED Gold appeared first on Construction Specifier.

Mega Projects - The Crystal Palace, An Omen of Things to Come 27072020

England was a vast commonwealth that was perhaps best encapsulated by one building, a building that like the empire no longer exists: The Crystal Palace was the very definition of opulence and it epitomised a Victorian-era Britain. Constructed to house the great exhibition in 1851 in London's Hyde park, it was an extraordinary glass structure the likes of which had barely even been imagined let alone constructed.

Mega Projects - Hadrian’s Wall, The Mysterious 38th Parallel for Roman Legionaries and British Barbarians, 01032021

A wall that was started in 122 a.d at the very limits of the mighty roman empire, Hadrian's wall runs for 117.5 kilometres; that's 73 miles from the river Tyne on the east coast of England to the Solway Firth on the Irish sea. Today it is little more than a small wall often no more than waist height but in its day it must have been a forbidding sight for the tribes to the North that the Romans had attempted to effectively shut out

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