Architecture

November 1, 2019

MIT Engineers Prove Da Vinci’s Design for World’s Largest Bridge Could Actually Work

Leonardo da Vinci’s body of work has fascinated and inspired generations of thinkers across all fields. In his notebook sketches, we’ve discovered meticulous notes of anatomy, as well as drafts of inventions far ahead of his time. Seated in his illustrative list of ideas, among the helicopter and parachute, is also a design for a 280-meter-long (918-foot-long) bridge that—had it been completed—would have been the longest bridge in the world at the time.

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October 16, 2019

MoMA’s $450 Million Renovation Creates Room for More Than Double the Amount of Art

Three million art lovers walk through the doors of New York's MoMA each year. And now, they're in for a special treat thanks to an exhaustive renovation and reimagining of the galleries that will open to the public on October 21, 2019. The renovation and expansion was designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro, in collaboration with Gensler, and increases the museum's gallery space by 30%.

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October 8, 2019

10 Facts About the Parthenon, the Icon of Ancient Greece

When one thinks of history's great civilizations, it's impossible not to include the ancient Greeks. For centuries, they helped give birth to Western culture as we now know it. From law and politics to athletics and architecture, the ancient Greeks have left an indelible mark on society. And perhaps there's no building that evokes ancient Greece more than the Parthenon.

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September 27, 2019

Zaha Hadid Architects Creates World’s Largest Single-Building Airport Terminal in Beijing

Zaha Hadid Architects has completed yet another stunning project in China's capital with the opening of the Daxing International Airport (PKX). Created to help alleviate congestion in Beijing's existing airports, which are operating at full capacity, the 700,000-square-meter (7.5-million-square-foot) passenger terminal will start by serving 45 million travelers. By 2025 it will accommodate 72 million passengers and the architecture has been planned to expand to an eventual 100 million. Located 46 km (28.5 mi)

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