Protected Intersections for Bicycles May Change Cities
Urban Planners have found that the benefits of bicycle traffic throughout the city are much greater than previous thoughts. Bicycle traffic lightens up a...
This Urban Algae Farm Eats Up Highway Air Pollution
Implementing Environmentally Friendly Algae Farms on Highways
A French firm has completed a design for an algae farm suspended over a small stretch of highway...
How Architecture Will Change in 50 Years
The World of Architecture in 50 Years
Architecture is a constantly changing art form, yet any era of architecture can be admired and some prefer...
A Civil Engineering Internship Experience
Just Some Hands On Work Before You Launch You Career
When looking for an internship, many people look for one that concerns their professional field,...
Masdar City near Abu Dhabi, Dubai: A Zero Carbon City
Masdar City is a project that is being built in Abu Dubai. The city is planned to be zero-carbon emitting, this means no cars....
How Urban Design Influences People
Urban Design Is A Key Factor In Deciding On A City To Reside
Urban design is a concept that influences more people than you would...
Why The Golden Gate Bridge Is An Engineering Marvel
The Most Beautiful Bridge In America
This bridge is more than a way to get to work every day, it is an engineering marvel. The...
Chicago’s Union Station – Historical Architecture
Union Station was masterfully designed by renown Chicago architect Daniel Burnham and opened in May 1925 after ten years of construction at a cost...
AT&T Stadium (Home of the NFL Cowboys) Architecture, Texas
The AT&T Stadium is the most expensive sports complex in the world. Originally estimated to cost $650 million, the stadium's current construction cost was $1.15...
Chicago’s Heroin Highway Is a Real Problem
How a Major Chicago Interstate Allows Drug Trade to Prosper
Have you ever wondered how drugs appear in new and unexpected places everyday? One answer:...
Underground Pedway System Chicago – Everything you Need to Know
Part of thriving within an urban setting is discovering crazy, mind blowing factoids about the city that you call home. Urban Splatter is only...
A Change in Our City’s Infrastructure After Boston Marathon Bombing
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In a city with garbage cans, mail boxes, dumpsters and parked cars, it is practically impossible to prevent such a catastrophic event...
One of the World’s Biggest Highway Interchanges: Nanpu Bridge
The Nanpu bridge is the world’s fourth longest cable stayed bridge. This is also the first girder bridge of Shanghai with a structural composition...
Diverging Diamond Patterns: A Civil Engineering Persepective
Diverging Diamond Interchanges
Here is a little something for you Civil Engineers and Road "Architects". Transportation and infrastructure in the modern world advances everyday. We...
