Floating Solar Arrays: Doing More than Generating Electricity
Solar arrays are already well known as a clean way to produce consumable energy from a practically limitless source, and now they’re getting even better. Of course, the supply is…
Robot Rock Band Needs a Lead Singer
If you’re a metalhead, or even if you’re not, the latest band to hit the scene is probably unlike anything else that you’ve ever seen outside of a sci-fi movie.…
Edible Water Bottle Solves a Dirty Problem
Everywhere you go, water bottles are tossed in trash cans which end up in landfills, which take many, many years to decompose. Worse, they land on the side of the…
The Amazing, Self-Sustaining, Environmental Cleaning Robot
What if robots were the answer to some of the greatest environmental messes that humans and Mother Nature could stir up? That might be the case, if the University of…
Expert Interview Series: Wesley Meier About Using Engineering Skills to Help Those in Need
Engineers and architects have the opportunity to help populations not only in their own communities, but also around the world. “As technical professionals, we have a very practical skill and…
Calvin Klein Explains Architecture’s Influence on Fashion
Design is design, but one is a building and the other might be a pair of pants. The two seem as different as night and day, right? Fashion icon Calvin…
Thought Leader Series: 5 Tips to Help Your Land Surveying Business Make it Past its First Birthday
Elinor Stutz, CEO of Smooth Sale, speaks and consults worldwide, and is the author of two books: the international bestselling book, “Nice Girls DO Get the Sale: Relationship Building That…
LEGO® Has Tools for Grown Ups
Do you remember the excitement of a brand new box of LEGO® bricks when you were a kid? Now there are LEGO® bricks made just for grown-ups. For architects, in…
Examples of Nature in Design
“Look deep into nature and you will understand everything better” – Albert Einstein It’s not a new thing that’s only propelled by the surge in sustainability and eco-friendly design, although…
NOLA’s Good, Bad, and Ugly Recovery
Everyone remembers hearing the news about Hurricane Katrina’s disastrous effect on New Orleans. Televisions showed the horrors of rising water, stranded people, submerged homes and a whole city that was…