Will It Stand?

Is civil engineering on the cutting edge of technology? While almost all civil engineers remain devoutly proud of their chosen profession, s...

Can you tell the time on my new watch? There should be many ways of marking the passage of time. Why are we limited to digital numerals a...

What is Pecha Kucha ? First things first, try pronouncing it Pe-Cha-Ku-Cha with emphasis on the "Cha's." The expression is a...

Two weeks ago I attended a lecture/discussion led by Tristan D’Estree Sterk and Douglas Pancoast at the Flatiron Arts Building in Chicago....

Last Thursday I attended the Architects & Beyond lecture sponsored by the Chicago Young Architec ts Forum. The event was held at HOK ’...

Few 1800-year-olds look so good. From within the rotunda of the Pantheon , you could be excused for thinking that the church was constructe...

At the 2009 ACADIA (Assoc. for CAD In Architecture) conference, I was blown away by all the radical design ideas brought forth. Of them, t...