Work Restarts On The World's Heart Of Europe

#heartofeurope #island #uae #dubai #construction #architecture

UAE-based developer Kleindienst Group announced that contractors have been mobilized on its flagship The Heart of Europe project - a cluster of six islands forming part of The World, Dubai's iconic man-made island development.
The company sai...

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The World's Largest Solar-Panel Power Plant Opens In Arizona

#solarpower #usa #record #energy

Somewhere between Yuma and Phoenix, Arizona on a desolate stretch of 9.7 million square meters of land, construction was just completed on the world's largest full-operational solar-power plant. Known as Agua Caliente, the renewable energy plant can ...

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First Phase Of Azerbaijani Caspian Islands To Be Completed By May

#caspianisland #azerbaijan #construction #architecture

The Avesta Company has announced that the first phase of the 30 million square meters (3000 ha) Caspian Islands project will be completed by May 28, the Azertag state news agency reports. The first phase consists of several beaches, restaurants, brid...

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Venezuela To Crush Cars, Bikes To Build Houses

#venezuela #construction #economy

Venezuela said on Tuesday it would start crushing abandoned cars and bicycles to provide raw materials for housing construction and supplement drastically reduced amounts of local steel, reported the Reuters.

"We have sent 10,485 automo...

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Work To Start On World's Tallest Wooden House

#wooden #australia #melbourne #skyscrapers #construction

Instead of concrete jungles could our cities become urban forests of wooden skyscrapers>? Today swapping cement and steel for timber is the vision of a number of environmentally-minded architects who are planning high-rise buildings across the world....

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