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Sydney Opera House: some interesting facts about its architecture

Sydney Opera House: some interesting facts about its architecture

Famous worldwide, the Opera House was included on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2007. Below are a few interesting facts about this opera house. Why was it built? How was it built? And who was or were responsible for such an iconic project?

Trees-as-Infrastructure: Ensuring Cool, Green and Resilient Cities

Trees-as-Infrastructure: Ensuring Cool, Green and Resilient Cities

Recently, I had the privilege of interviewing Päivi Raivio, a Helsinki-based urban designer and placemaker recognized for her innovative work on people-centered public spaces. With a background in creative urban interventions and community engagement, Raivio’s projects demonstrate how thoughtful design can make cities more vibrant, inclusive, and welcoming for every season.

Exercise and urban gyms: the solution for staying fit in cities

Exercise and urban gyms: the solution for staying fit in cities

Urban gyms have reemerged. A network of infrastructures that cities implement heterogeneously through parks, specific facilities or by designing infrastructures that favor activity.

Habitat 67: a brutalist icon where suburban home meets urban apartment

Habitat 67: a brutalist icon where suburban home meets urban apartment

Author | Lucía Burbano Now that the polarizing brutalism has returned to the spotlight with the movie The Brutalist, we revisit an icon that epitomizes this functional, geometric architecture rooted in reinforced concrete: Habitat 67, located in Canada, stands proudly among the classics of brutalist architecture, rivaling icons like the Barbican in London, Las Torres […]

From Streets to Society: How Urban Planning is Shaping a Human-Centered Future

From Streets to Society: How Urban Planning is Shaping a Human-Centered Future

Recently, I had the privilege of interviewing Päivi Raivio, a Helsinki-based urban designer and placemaker recognized for her innovative work on people-centered public spaces. With a background in creative urban interventions and community engagement, Raivio’s projects demonstrate how thoughtful design can make cities more vibrant, inclusive, and welcoming for every season.

Are prefab homes the solution to housing access in the UK?

Are prefab homes the solution to housing access in the UK?

Author | Lucía Burbano The United Kingdom is currently facing the most significant residential crisis in the past decade, driven by a combination of factors: the imbalance between supply and demand, a shortage of labor, and reduced access to construction materials. In this context, prefabricated construction emerges as a potential solution, having already been successfully […]

Fiat factory to mixed-use building: an architectural history of the iconic Lingotto

Fiat factory to mixed-use building: an architectural history of the iconic Lingotto

Author | Lucía Burbano The Lingotto Fiat factory, a century-old architectural icon in Turin, Italy, is a prime example of how a building can transform and adapt its original purpose to meet today’s needs. The Lingotto was a pioneer of industrial architecture for several reasons. The main reason is that it exemplifies the “vertical factory” […]

Head in the clouds – Feet on the ground: radical solutions for the skyscrapers of the future

Head in the clouds – Feet on the ground: radical solutions for the skyscrapers of the future

The eVolo competition imagines the skyscrapers of tomorrow, designed to alleviate urban issues such as pollution and refugee flows

What is the BIM methodology, and how is it transforming civil engineering and construction?

What is the BIM methodology, and how is it transforming civil engineering and construction?

Author | Raquel C. Pico Construction is one of the world’s oldest economic sectors. Humans have needed all types of infrastructure since the beginning of time. Perhaps that is why, from the outside, the industry is often perceived as traditional and resistant to digital transformation. However, this is not entirely accurate, as new technologies are […]

What is permeable paving?

What is permeable paving?

Author | Lucía Burbano Water resources are becoming increasingly precious and scarce, necessitating the implementation of sustainable management solutions in urban areas. Permeable paving is gaining attention for its ability to harness rainwater, enabling cities to align sustainable practices with the natural water cycle and implement the sponge city concept. To underscore the urgency of […]

Smart hospitals: how they’re helping to make healthcare more efficient

Smart hospitals: how they’re helping to make healthcare more efficient

Author | Raquel C. Pico Digitalization has become the defining revolution of the 21st century, so it comes as no surprise that the digital transition is impacting all sectors. No scenario is untouched by its potential benefits, and none escape the need to update methods, incorporate new tools, and rethink how things are done. For […]

Oceanix in Busan, the world’s first prototype of a resilient and sustainable floating community

Oceanix in Busan, the world’s first prototype of a resilient and sustainable floating community

Author | Lucía Burbano The world’s rising sea levels have highlighted the urgent need for innovative urban models to address the vulnerabilities faced by 90% of megacities, according to UN Habitat. Climate change, driving rising sea levels that endanger coastal cities, could displace approximately 200 million people annually until 2050. In this scenario, the future […]

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