Sunday, August 30, 2015
Friday, August 28, 2015
Hopewell Centre (Hong Kong)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hopewell_Centre_(Hong_Kong)
http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?searchID=69634675&page=1
http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?stateID=5&status=15
http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=244
https://www.google.ca/maps/place/Kennedy+Rd,+Wan+Chai,+Hong+Kong/@22.2744107,114.1719367,544m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x3404006812d3c111:0x966a826f841652dd
http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?searchID=69634675&page=1
http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?stateID=5&status=15
http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=244
https://www.google.ca/maps/place/Kennedy+Rd,+Wan+Chai,+Hong+Kong/@22.2744107,114.1719367,544m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x3404006812d3c111:0x966a826f841652dd
Thursday, August 27, 2015
Monday, August 24, 2015
Some BC Tunnels
http://www.6717000.com/blog/2002/02/tunnel-plan-keeps-resurfacing/
http://engage.gov.bc.ca/masseytunnel
http://www.straight.com/news/603256/gregor-robertson-insists-skytrain-project-along-broadway-national-interest
https://www.google.ca/search?q=vancouver+and+north+shore+tunnel+proposals
http://www.th.gov.bc.ca/publications/reports_and_studies/fixed_link/fixed_link.htm
http://engage.gov.bc.ca/masseytunnel
http://www.straight.com/news/603256/gregor-robertson-insists-skytrain-project-along-broadway-national-interest
https://www.google.ca/search?q=vancouver+and+north+shore+tunnel+proposals
http://www.th.gov.bc.ca/publications/reports_and_studies/fixed_link/fixed_link.htm
Sunday, August 23, 2015
Thursday, August 20, 2015
The Panama Canal expansion project
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panama_Canal_expansion_project
http://micanaldepanama.com/expansion/
https://www.google.ca/search?q=new+panama+canal&safe=off&espv=2&biw=1920&bih=971&source=lnms&sa=X&ved=0CAUQ_AUoAGoVChMI54KYyqO3xwIVFBKSCh30Cg38&dpr=1
http://micanaldepanama.com/expansion/
https://www.google.ca/search?q=new+panama+canal&safe=off&espv=2&biw=1920&bih=971&source=lnms&sa=X&ved=0CAUQ_AUoAGoVChMI54KYyqO3xwIVFBKSCh30Cg38&dpr=1
Panama is right in the middle of the Americas, but it's hardly isolated.
Monday, August 17, 2015
Attics and Basements...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basement#Types_of_basement
http://browseinside.harpercollins.ca/index.aspx?isbn13=9781554680313
http://datab.us/i/basements
http://hostedmedia.reimanpub.com/TFH/Step-By-Step/FH00MAY_STORMS_05.JPG/
http://www.familyhandyman.com/smart-homeowner/how-to-build-a-storm-shelter/view-all
http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/weather/resources/safety/saferoom.htm
http://browseinside.harpercollins.ca/index.aspx?isbn13=9781554680313
http://datab.us/i/basements
http://hostedmedia.reimanpub.com/TFH/Step-By-Step/FH00MAY_STORMS_05.JPG/
http://www.familyhandyman.com/smart-homeowner/how-to-build-a-storm-shelter/view-all
http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/weather/resources/safety/saferoom.htm
Thursday, August 13, 2015
Friday, August 7, 2015
Channel-Tunnel
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3187040/Sudanese-migrant-arrested-end-Channel-Tunnel-Kent-RUNNING-way-Calais.html
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3187603/Ministers-consider-closing-Channel-Tunnel-night-Calais-migrant-crisis-deepens.html
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-3187585/DAILY-MAIL-COMMENT-Sudanese-refugee-walked-length-Channel-Tunnel-Britain-reveals-real-danger-Calais-migrant-crisis.html
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3187096/Eurotunnel-operators-running-fencing-stop-migrants-reaching-train-tracks-French-factory-workers-month-long-holiday.html
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3187603/Ministers-consider-closing-Channel-Tunnel-night-Calais-migrant-crisis-deepens.html
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-3187585/DAILY-MAIL-COMMENT-Sudanese-refugee-walked-length-Channel-Tunnel-Britain-reveals-real-danger-Calais-migrant-crisis.html
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3187096/Eurotunnel-operators-running-fencing-stop-migrants-reaching-train-tracks-French-factory-workers-month-long-holiday.html
Tuesday, August 4, 2015
alain_de_botton_says_that_london_s_current_skyscraper_boom_is_decimating
http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_eye/2015/07/14/alain_de_botton_says_that_london_s_current_skyscraper_boom_is_decimating.html
The combination of big money & rising land costs means that more office space has to be stacked upwards, simple economics.
The combination of big money & rising land costs means that more office space has to be stacked upwards, simple economics.
daniel_libeskind_s_pyramid_in_jerusalem_the_new_skyscraper_will_be_the_city
http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_eye/2015/08/03/daniel_libeskind_s_pyramid_in_jerusalem_the_new_skyscraper_will_be_the_city.html
It would have been more impressive if it was allowed to be twice the height.
It would have been more impressive if it was allowed to be twice the height.
Sunday, August 2, 2015
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