Stately pleasure dome ā¦ New Century Global Centre, Chengdu, China. Photograph: Entertainment and Travel Group Chengdu s New Century Global Centre has its own beach resort, cinemas, shops ā and a replica Mediterranean village Beneath smoggy clouds in the Chinese mega-city of Chengdu, waves lap against sandy shores and a salty breeze blows across the beach. 6…
The climate is changing. Commercial buildings in the United States consume 19 percent of the nationās energy at a cost of more than $190 billion per year. They also generate 19 percent of our countryās greenhouse gas emissions, which contribute to climate change. Your industry is changing, too. Now for some good news: By 2035, 75 percent of all buildings will…
A new course for July was just added on 6/6/17. See in red below. Also, the required tool list has just been reduced substantially. See āWhat to Bringā on this website. Lodging in housekeeping-style rustic log cabins is included with tuition. Separate cabins for couples or women are on a first-registration basis. Schedule of Full-Scribed Round-Log Construction…
It is actually a complicated question. There are several Great Walls that were built by different dynasties such as the Qin Great Wall and the better known Ming Great Wall. But there are estimates about the number of laborers and records for how many years it took to complete the work Construction Time of the the Ming Wall The Great Wall at Badaling Over 2…
No homeowner sets out to willfully adulterate an architecturally significant home (we hope), but many accidentally do. The examples of period homes corrupted by poor design choices are legion ā and costly. A debased homeās value may drop 20% to 30%, according to real estate agents who represent such properties. āArchitecture in L.A. can mimic fast-food culture…
Paris monuments tell the fascinating story of this roughly 2-year-old capital city. Steeped in history and famous for their beautiful architecture, there are many to choose from. Since time may not be on your side, weāve compiled a useful list of 10 must-see monuments. We hope that by visiting some of these attractions, youāll fall in love with Paris just as…
Famously holding to the proposition that āless is more, ā German architect Mies Van der Rohe stripped architecture to elemental geometric forms, pointing the way to Minimalism. He banished all traces of ornamentation, using the innate qualities of materials such as steel and plate glass to define the look of his buildings. This approach came out of another credoāform…
Thornton Tomasetti was the structural engineer for Great American Tower, Cincinnatiās tallest building. The 41-story high-rise contains a 525, -square-foot, 1, 700-car parking garage on 11 levels; an 825, - square-foot, 33-level office tower above a portion of the garage; and a public promenade with 25, square feet of retail space. The buildingās core and exterior…
We at Love Home Swap were curious. Which of these attractions was the most visited? Would it be India s iconic Taj Mahal? Or perhaps California s Disneyland? And just how many holidaymakers visited them each year? Following extensive research, we ve come up with a list of the 50 most visited tourist attractions. DATA SOURCES: We acquired the most up-to-date data…
āThe great challenges of the 21st century are geographical in their formulation, analysis and consequence, and they transcend the physical/social divideā To study the Earth, its biodiversity and humans as part of that, is to study geography. A few decades ago, our discipline was in the academic doldrums. Split between the science of the physical world and the…
