News articles tagged with 'architecture'
Team of researchers develop world's lightest material
— 18 Nov 2011 17:09 | TechnologyA team of researchers from UC Irvine, HRL Laboratories and the California Institute of Technology have developed the world's lightest material - with a density of 0.9 mg/cc - about…
Setting sail in an ecological 'Earthship'
— 14 Oct 2009 13:02 | EnvironmentCould sustainable architecture address pollution, climate change and resource depletion by helping us build self-sufficient, off-grid, housing from 'waste,' including vehicle tires…
New designs for smarter buildings
— 9 Oct 2009 12:53 | TechnologyAfter two years of design, experimentation, fund-raising and building, the University of Arizona's Solar Decathlon team has completed construction of its 800-square-foot solar-powered…
Daylighting Lab aims to optimise environmental impact of buildings
— 4 Apr 2009 15:27 | TechnologyBefore the Industrial Revolution, mankind conducted business between sunup and sundown. But in the late 19th Century, all of that changed - the advent of electrical illumination marked…
People, not just a building, make for 'place'
— 15 Dec 2008 15:28 | TechnologyA building designed to recapture the past may bring nostalgia, but the end product may not capture current realities of a place, says Kingston Heath, a professor of historic preservation…
Designing bug perception into robots
— 12 May 2008 12:36 | TechnologyInsects have provided the inspiration for a team of European researchers seeking to improve the functionality of robots and robotic tools. The research furthers the development of more…
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