Topic: Projects

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Slideshow: Winning cycle and pedestrian bridge design features restrained curves

The bridge in Heidelberg, Germany, will connect the city’s central train station with an express bike pathway on the opposite riverbank.

Canadian cities stop discharging raw sewage to ocean

The 108 ML/d McLoughlin Point Wastewater Treatment Plant began advanced wastewater treatment operations in December for several Canadian cities in the Victoria region.

Then and Now: NYC rebuilds iconic Fountain of the Fairs as a fog garden

Flushing Meadows Corona Park in the city’s borough of Queens has rebuilt the historical 1964 set of fountains, which will open when the weather warms.

Slideshow: Helix-shaped tower proposed for Amazon HQ in Arlington

The design proposal for the new Amazon headquarters in Arlington, Virginia, will be visually defined by The Helix: a spiral, mountain-shaped tower with two exterior landscaped walking paths.

Construction to begin on Houston Ship Channel Expansion later this year

Authorized by Congress in December, the Houston Ship Channel Expansion received another boost in January with the award of the first round of federal funding for construction of the project.

Houston art museum makes light part of its architecture

The recently opened $476 million Nancy and Rich Kinder Building utilizes thoughtful engineering of its roof and facade to visually wrap itself in light.

Slideshow: ‘Train Station in the Forest’ nears completion in China

The project includes three elements: a large underground transit hub, expansive plazas and parkland amenities, and a faithful reconstruction of the site’s historical train station.

Illinois city to rely on green infrastructure to reduce combined sewer overflows

The city of Peoria, Illinois, is using green infrastructure as a cost-effective strategy to comply with a new consent decree aimed at reducing combined sewer overflows.

Drift sculpture elegantly marries structural engineering, art

The sculpture was designed, engineered, fabricated, and painted in the United Kingdom and then shipped to Texas for installation by a local team.

Slideshow: Shanghai school ‘village’ welcomes library, theaters

The new library and theaters at the Shanghai Qingpu Pinghe International School occupy a building that is a curvy, visual mashup of the silhouette of a blue whale and an ocean liner.