The Best Laid Plans: Capitol Crossing Restores L?Enfant?s Vision of "Federal City"
In 1791, President Washington appointed French engineer Pierre Charles L?Enfant to plan Federal City ? today?s District of Columbia. L?Enfant?s methodical design called for the center of the city to be...
Calendar: Bridges 2019
Featured bridges are: Portageville Bridge (Letchworth State Park, New York); Brooklyn Bridge (New York City); Buntun Bridge (Tuguegarao City); Henley Street Bridge (Knoxville, Tennessee); Forth Bridge...
Calendar: Bridges 2018
Featured bridges are: Isleton Bridge (Isleton, California); Royal Gorge Bridge (Canon City, Colorado); Dom Luis I Bridge (Porto, Portugal); Crescent Avenue Bridge (Fort Wayne, Indiana); M-231 Bridge (Ottawa...
�Superblocks� to Redefine Barcelona�s Streets
Calendar: Bridges 2017
Featured bridges are: Tongjin Bridge (Nanxun, Huzhou, China); St. John's Bridge (Porto, Portugal); Foresthill Bridge (Placer County, California); San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge (San Francisco, California);...
Taking a bite out of traditional architecture, the blocklike design for a new headquarters building for the European multimedia company Axel Springer SE conceived by the international architecture firm OMA features a diagonal, glass-enclosed atrium that is cut away from the block and open to views from the street...
Underpinning and Shoring of the Historic Howard Theatre in Washington, DC
The Howard Theatre was constructed in 1910 at 620 T Street, NW in Washington, DC. In 2010, a group of sponsoring organizations and developers put together a $17.1 million plan to revitalize...
Calendar: Bridges 2014
Featured bridges include: Yaquina Bay Bridge, Newport, OR; Wheeling Suspension Bridge, Wheeling, WV; Ponte de Lima, Ponte de Lima, Portugal; Harvey Canal Bridge, Harvey, LA; Los Pinos...
Calendar: Bridges 2012
Featured bridges are: Mike O'Callaghan-Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge, NV; Bridge of Aspiration, London; Woodrow Wilson Bridge, VA-MD; Purple People Bridge, Cincinnati, OH; Golden Gate Bridge,...
Pioneer Square Areaways
Pioneer Square, one of the earliest neighborhoods in Seattle, is adjacent to Elliott Bay. Much ofthis part of the city originally was built on existing land that used to get flooded. When...
Structural Engineering: Environmentalism Meets Art at 55 Baker Street
Diffuse Pollution in Oxford (Ohio, USA) Watershed and Performance of Street Sweeping as a Best Management Practice (BMP)
Calendar: 1990 Calendar
Featured bridges are: Bixby Creek Bridge (CA); Bridge 28 (NY); Hell Gate Bridge (NY); Tioronda Bridge (NY); Bellows Falls Bridge (NH); Laughery Creek Bridge (IN); Wilson Bridge (MD); Alsea...
Calendar: 1988 Calendar
Featured bridges are: Golden Gate Bridge (CA); Tunkhannock Viaduct (PA); Riverside Avenue Bridge (CT); Bridgeport Covered Bridge (CA); Smithfield Street Bridge (PA); Mid-Hudson Bridge...
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Rector Street Bridge
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