Bay Bridge

Senin, 06 Februari 2012

Most Lengthy Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel

The Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel {CBBT} is a 24 kilometer extensive bridge and tunnel program that attaches south-eastern Va with Delmarva Peninsula in the U. s. Declares.

The bridge attaches the subsequent separate places Va Seaside, and Norfolk, Va to Cpe Charles in Northampton Nation along the southern ocean of Va.The bridge-tunnel was started out on May Fifteenth, 1963, in May 1986 it was basically known as the Lucius J. Kellam Jr. Bridge-Tunnel following one of the social management who labored for its progression.Even so, it is yet the well known as Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel.

Selasa, 31 Januari 2012

Ice Hotel In Sweden City

The hotel which is the much strange of the entire world is certainly the Swedish Ice Hotel, which reinvents itself each winter tons of snow and ice materialize.

The hotel can accommodate over hundreds guests in the room of origin, where the temperature is at the limit of 5-7 degrees Celsius. Incredible hotel and chapel are ice perfect Art Gallery and bar, ice bar home first time in 1995. For those that do not support a temperature so low, also Ice Hotel has numerouse rooms with heat.

Selasa, 17 Januari 2012

What to Do When Wikipedia Blackouts

Wikipedia has gone dark on today for 24hrs in protest of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) legislation.

Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales had advised students to do their homework earlier to avoid the downtime, but that's not your only option.
If you really must do research tomorrow, here are
Some Wikipedia alternatives.

Encyclopedia Britannica Online

Remember regular encyclopedias? Britannica, formerly the most referenced encyclopedia on earth, offers up expert summaries of a wide range of topics online. Though it's been overshadowed by Wikipedia's crowd-sourced approach in recent years, Encyclopedia Britannica is still one of the most respected reference works in the world.

Scholarpedia

Scholarpedia uses the same software as Wikipedia, MediaWiki, but keeps the philosophy of a more traditional encyclopedia. Scholarpedia is written only by experts and as a result has less breadth but more depth than Wikipedia. Articles on Scholarpedia are better sourced and more stable than the average article on Wikipedia.

Infoplease

Infoplease started as a quiz show back in the 1930's before evolving into a yearly almanac. Now it's a huge online encyclopedia managed by educational publisher Pearson Education. Infoplease's main advanatage over Wikipedia is that it has a much larger selection of multimedia entries and tools.

Citizendium

Citizendium aims for a comfortable middle ground between the "anything goes" world of Wikipedia editing and the more formal inclusion process of traditional encyclopedias. Citizendium does allow for contributions from the public at large, but contributors must use their real names and conform to the site's rules and regulations or they will be banned from editing in the future.

The Free Dictionary Encyclopedia

If you've ever Googled for the definition of a word, you've probably run across Free Dictionary. In addition to dictionary functionality, the Website also offers an encyclopedia section with much longer explanations of over 100,000 people, places, and things.

Wikipedia's offline archives (can't download during blackout)

Consider downloading Wikipedia's offline archives. Wikipedia offers a 1.7GB archive of the entire Website that you can download and consult when the site is down.

Sabtu, 14 Januari 2012

30-story Chinese five-star hotel constructed in 15 days

Features of the T30 Hotel

T30, a 30-story, five-star hotel
Area - 17000m²
Construction time - 15 days
350 rooms, a restaurant, bar, gym
swimming pool on the top floor
underground parking
helicopter pad
9m earthquake resistant, 5x energy efficient, 20x pure air
total cost - 17 million

They began the week with the destruction of Houston’s historic Prudential Building and now end with a time-lapse documenting a 30-story, five-star Chinese hotel constructed in only 15 days.

The Chinese construction company, Broad Group, is gaining international attention for their efficient construction methods made possible by through prefab construction techniques, as ninety-three percent of the high-rise was quickly pieced together with pre-made components.

The 17,000 square meter hotel known as T30 is located in the Lin Gang Industrial Zone in Xiangyin County. It started construction on December 2, 2011 and was completed in 360 hours. The hotel is comprised of over 350 rooms, a restaurant, bar, gym, swimming pool on the top floor, underground parking and a helicopter pad. All rooms have quadruple-paned windows, external solar shading, LED lighting, water efficient toilets and an innovative air filtration system that promises pure air. The total cost of the hotel was 17 million.

Using a new structural system design and developed by Broad Sustainable Building (BSB), a simulation model of the building was said to have withstood a series of earthquake resistance tests ranging from 7.0 to 9.0 magnitude – conducted by the China Academy of Building Research last May.

Jumat, 13 Januari 2012

Moshe Safdie Design: Condominium at Bishan Central, Singapore

Safdie Architects recent design, ‘Condominium at Bishan Central’, a 38-story residential complex in the Bishan district of Singapore.

The structure specially provides air movement to individual units while the upper balconies provide ventilation. The cluttered blocks of vertical space helps blend in the connections with natures with personal access to outdoor gardens. Who would have known gazing at a mind blowing complex would personally release endorphins and dopamine?

Selasa, 10 Januari 2012

Concept Buildings

The Tornado Design Tower

This high rise building in Taipei, Taiwan will accommodate the activities of theater and observation tower. This building design is an entry for an opera competition in Taiwan which was designed by Visiondivision collaborates with Markus Wagner, a member of Svensk Standard. By raising the building up, it is possible to create a public space around it. The entrance is surrounded by pearls to give the theater experience. Actually the pearls in different sizes around the landscape are non-toxic and non-flamable acrylic balls with a tint of reflection.

Apeiron Hotel Dubai

The hotel is based on the concept of infinity.

Apeiron Island Hotel is a design concept for a new 7 star hotel in Dubai. Developer and construction schedule have not been announced as of October 2007. The Apeiron Hotel would be the second (self-awarded) 7 star hotel to be built in Dubai. The Burj Al Arab hotel was the first 7 star hotel (also a self-awarded rating).

The Apeiron will have 350 luxury apartment suites and be a jungle-themed hotel built on an island about 300-500 m off the coast of Dubai - close enough to swim to but that's not the intended mode of transport to access the island. It will be accessible by boat or helicopter only. The top two floors of the Apeiron will contain a jungle with butterflies and other insects. As yet, it is unknown if insect repellent will be included with your bathroom goodies. Other features will include an art gallery, cinemas, conference facilities, shops, underwater spa & gym, an underwater restaurant, and private lagoons & beaches for the guests.

The Water Building Resort

The water building resort has been conceptually and architecturally designed in the shape of a water drop and intends to be the world’s first building that can convert air into water by using solar energy. The technique is nothing but a combination of technology and nature. A photovoltaic glass made southerly facing facade will harness the required solar energy and let light to pass through. Conversely, the northern façade includes a latticed ventilation design and utilizes Teex Micron equipment to convert humid air into pure drinking water through condensation. Moreover, the bottom floor of this resort complex will have a water treatment zone for purifying rain water and salty sear water and a technological investigation center to control and verify water quality.