South Korea’s Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) has got together with Power Plaza Co Ltd and engineered an ultra-compact foldable electric vehicle for urban mobility as part of its efforts to bring greener, lighter electric vehicles to the country’s crowded city centres. South Korea’s economic boom time…...
The Jehovah’s Witnesses Sell Off UK Properties
The Jehovah’s Witness Christian denomination, founded in 1870 by Charles Taze Russel and best-known around the world for knocking on people’s doors in the middle of the day, as well as the printing and distribution of its Watchtower and Awake! magazines, is said to have more than eight million adherents…...
The Four Architects in the Running for Heathrow Airport’s Next Phase Announced
Although around 75 million people passed through London's Heathrow International Airport in 2015, ranking it one of the busiest in the world and, according to Forbes, easily the most used airport in the UK, a bid to enlarge Heathrow back in 2010 was unsuccessful. Plans to build a third, 2200…...
Terahertz Lens Created with Light Powered 3D Printer
From visible light to radio waves, infra-red to ultra-violet, most people have a fair idea of what makes up the electromagnetic spectrum. But, unless your one of the many that enjoy spending a lot of time with Kirk, Spock, Picard, and Worf, there’s a particular wavelength that’s often overlooked. Little…...
New Emergency Earthquake Bridge Repairs
It takes just seconds for an earthquake, like those that recently devastated Japan and Ecuador, to render a city almost helpless. The infrastructure is disabled, with roadways badly damaged and bridges unusable, meaning emergency services can’t get to where they’re needed, and residents and workers are prevented from moving around…...
Morgan Stanley Real Estate Offers its Stake in the Walkie Talkie for Sale
20 Fenchurch Street, London EC3, better known as the Walkie Talkie, is owned by a complex and intricate pattern of different investors, made all the more complicated by refinancing deal by majority shareholder Canary Wharf Group last year. Now, however, Morgan Stanley Real Estate is looking to sell its 11.7%…...
Making Concrete from Carbon Emissions
Many artists, from Bob Marley to Black Label Society, have sung about the “Concrete Jungle” we live in. And let’s not forget Joni Mitchel and Counting Crows, describing how we ‘Paved paradise and put up a parking lot’. The point is: our modern world has its very foundations in concrete,…...
Local Motors LM3D – The World’s First 3D Printed Car
Back in 2013, CADagency reported on a chap called Ivan Sentch who was working on 3D printing his very own Aston Martin DB4. Now, though, the idea of mass producing a 3D printed car has been taken on by Arizona-based Local Motors. Local developed and produced a compact two-seater called…...
HOK to Build Even Taller London Skyscraper
After reporting about Shard architect Renzo Piano’s plans for his next multi-use high rise recently, it’s now come to light that New York-based architecture firm HOK has received the go-ahead to start work on Hertsmere House which, at 789 foot – 55 feet taller than the “Skinny Shard” but just…...
Is the UK Construction Industry Enjoying a Better Year?
2015 wasn’t a banner year for UK construction companies. Many firms suffered losses by having to uphold legacy contracts that were signed for too little money during the depths of recession, simply to maintain volumes. However, Richard Threlfall, Head of Infrastructure, Building and Construction for accounting giant KPMG, predicted a…...