The Tiny House Movement Isn’t Exactly New
Unless you’ve been living in a remote land, or maybe under a rock, you’ve heard about the tiny house movement. It’s all about downsizing, reducing the carbon footprint, simplifying life,…
Net Zero Building: Is it All It’s Cracked up to Be?
Net-zero building design is supposed to be the modern pinnacle of ecologically sound, sustainable living and the pathway to dramatically reduced carbon emissions and waste. So why isn’t everyone excited…
INFRA: Where Civil Engineering is Just a Big Game
A first-person video game designed for civil engineers? Why didn’t someone think of this before? Whether or not you’re a big gamer, the release of INFRA is kind of a…
Plants that Don’t Need Water? It’s a Real Thing
They almost sound like distant, and better faring, cousins of the famous corpse plant, but resurrection plants have an entirely different purpose. They don’t bloom once and then wither away.…
How PDH Online Courses Boost Your Career
Because engineering isn’t just one discipline, but many, there’s no individual way to approach continuing education or C.E. units for engineers. More formally known as professional development hours, this regular,…
For Sale: Frank Lloyd Wright’s Final Design
If you’ve ever wanted to own a piece of authentic Frank Lloyd Wright history, now’s your chance. At least if you’ve got a healthy bank account. His last documented design,…
Where Quality Trumps Quantity: A “Not So Big” Idea
When is a smaller house not really small, perhaps not really large, but built exactly right? In a “Not so Big” house. Downsizing gets a lot of attention these days,…
Pro Bono Work Could Enrich Your Career
Most architects have at least one foot in the ring for community responsibility. But those who go all out and take on pro bono work might find a more rewarding…
From Dream to Vision, and Vision to Production
All engineers have a dream of designing and developing something. That’s so much a part of being an engineer that it’s practically ingrained, and it’s bound to happen at least…
Solar on Demand: The Hot New Thing in Energy
What if solar energy wasn’t just available, but consistently available on-demand? Researchers at MIT might have found the solution to a longstanding problem, at least as it applies to on-demand…