design
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Melbourne’s New Skyscraper Looks Like A Giant Earplug
You might’ve seen Zaha Hadid’s name in the news after Japan’s Sports Council announced a design to her replace her widely loathed and alien-like Olympic stadium in Tokyo. But the real update comes in the form of a new skyscraper in Melbourne. It looks a little bit like… an earplug?
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The Quest To Build A Satellite That Can Destroy Itself
Satellites are built to endure decades in the most inhospitable conditions in the known universe. Paradoxically, engineers are now trying to figure out how to design them so that they do melt — planned obsolescence at 322km above the Earth.
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Finally, A Mountain Hut That Looks OK
Mountain huts, used by international climbers to break up ascents into multi-day trips, are utilitarian in the extreme — everything has to either be flown up by helicopter, or carried over unfriendly terrain on someone’s back.
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City Of London’s Tallest Building Will Be A Simple Work Of Engineering
The architect Eric Parry has unveiled his plans for what will be the tallest building in the City of London. Measuring 309.6 metres in height, the building is a surprisingly simple structure, which wears its engineering design on its sleeve.