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by Mike Chino San Franciscans rejoice! The Transbay Joint Powers Authority just approved a stunning green design for the new Transbay Transit Center to be constructed in downtown SF. Planned by Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects, the project consists of a graceful glass tower paired with an elegantly sweeping transit center topped with a five-and-a-half acre [...]

TopMod3d is a free, open source, portable, platform independent topological mesh modeling system that allows users to create high genus 2-manifold (watertight) meshes. TopMod3d can create models that can be developed into flat surfaces using software such as Pepakura, Lamina Design, Rhinoceros3D, and Paracloud. It can also create solid models that can be prototyped using [...]

A start-up company called Envision Solar has begun installing solar canopies in shopping center parking lots. Parking lots, which are usually barren, heat-producing landscapes, can now provide shade for customers, while generating up to a half-megawatt of electricity. Envision’s “Solar Groves” incorporate lights that turn on automatically at night, while blocking skyward light pollution. Via MetaEfficient [...]

Un libro resalta la gran cantidad de especies que hay en Borinquen. Por Rut N. Tellado Domenech / rtellado@elnuevodia.com En Puerto Rico existen más de 2,700 especies de plantas, de las cuales 243 son exclusivas de la Isla. Sin embargo, la deforestación y el cambio climático mantienen en peligro de extinción a casi 70 especies [...]

Mañana se llevará a cabo un recorrido guiado por la edificación. Por El Nuevo Día El condominio El Monte en Hato Rey será el foco de atención en el recorrido arquitectónico que llevará a cabo mañana domingo, a partir de las 2:00 p.m., el Colegio de Arquitectos y Arquitectos Paisajistas de Puerto Rico. El mismo [...]