Content tagged with “buildings”

“ A new way to hammer together roofing trusses completely changed how they were built, and by extension, how homes were designed. ”

“ A mass migration and a glass building in the flight path were not a good combination. ”

“ An building catering to the diamond trade in India has surpassed the Pentagon to become the largest office building in the world. ”

“ A massive home Mike Tyson lived in during the 90s was turned into a church after being abandoned for almost 20 years. ”

“ A remote town in Alaska is only accessible via a single tunnel, and the entire population lives, learns, worships, and socializes in a single high-rise apartment building. ”

“ A deep dive into common formats of apartments in NYC, including the historical reasons why living spaces evolved that way. ”

“This book absolutely achieves what it sets out to do. It’s a glossy, illustrated love letter about how skyscrapers are built and managed. If that’s what you want, then this is your book. It’s not very deep, but it doesn’t really try to be. The illustrations are well-done and helpful. There are…”

“ Several states have laws that require disclose if something bad happened in a house. Or if it’s…haunted. ”

“ The relics of the 1984 Olympics in Sarajevo still stand. Some of them were used during combat and saw the horrors of war crimes. ”

“A solid book that’s an introduction to engineering. It explains – in the clearest, simplest way – how buildings stay upright. It talks about loads, materials, and different ways of organizing those in a never-ending war with gravity. Along the way, the book looks at some historic structures and why…”

“ A woman knew of a family legend that there was a box of money hidden somewhere in her house. She hired a treasure hunter to find out for sure. ”

“ Out in the middle of the Arabian desert is a house disguised as a pickup truck. ”

“ In 1930, an eight-story office building was rotated 90-degrees and moved about 50-meters over the course of four weeks, while it remained occupied and in use. ”

“ An unexplained breeze in her bathroom caused an NYC woman to remove the mirror, which revealed an entire hidden apartment. ”

“ When Grand Central Station was cleaned up in the 90s, a small patch of grime was left so people would be reminded of how dirty it used to be. ”

“ A large city is sinking, and the rate is surprising. One building is sinking – unevenly – at almost an inch-and-a-half each year. ”

“ The Prague city hall has a style of elevator which is superior to traditional elevators in many ways…but also inferior because it might kill or maim you. ”

“ A ‘building ghost’ is when a demolished building leaves the marks of its floors and walls on the adjacent buildings. ”

“ A profile of a premier homebuilder in Manhattan and some of the projects he works on. ”

“ The NYC libraries used to have live-in caretakers. Their abandoned apartments are still in many of the the buildings. ”

“ During the late stages of construction, a Vegas hotel was found to have an engineering defect that could not be repaired. It was a total loss, but could not be imploded. It had to be dismantled, floor by floor. ”

“ In 1978, a young architecture student found a design flaw in a one-year-old NYC skyscraper which meant the building could collapse in a specific wind. Thankfully, the architect who designed the building listened. ”

“ While they’re a very trendy subject, shipping containers actually make terrible construction materials, and using them will probably result in more effort and energy than just building normally. ”

“ A long exploration of an abandoned agri-chemical research facility. It’s exactly like something out of a video game. ”

“ There is a house in NYC that’s less than nine feet wide. The house has a storied history with several notable occupants. ”

“ Skyscrapers have a concept called ‘vanity height’ by which they increase their claimed heights drastically. ”

“ There’s a movie theater in Celebration, Florida that AMC owns but has left abandoned for almost 10 years. Celebration is the artificial town created by Disney in the 90s, which makes it even weirder. ”

“ A couple built a man-made island (really, a collection of floating modules), and has lived there for almost three decades. ”

“ A family lives in the decaying ruins of a hunting lodge in India, claiming they are royalty, and demanding their land back. How much of the story is true? ”

“ Not surprisingly, living in a 240 sq. ft. house works better on a glossy TV show than it does in real life. ”

“ A video showing the usage of a ‘Berlin Key,’ which is a key that unlocks a door, then is pushed through, and has to be used to lock the door on the other side before it can be removed. This ensures the door remains locked after someone passes through it. ”

“This is an extremely short book (like, 100 small pages with lots and lots of pictures). Start to finish, it might take you 30 minutes. It’s more of a handbook of the different physical markers you can find of the internet in NYC. It has a directory of manhole covers, for instance, and descriptions…”

“this is a wonderful examination of an interesting topic: how do buildings change over time? How do they age? How are they modified? This is something I’ve never really considered. I guess I new that buildings get remodeled, but the dynamics of that remodeling reveals things about the building and…”

“I’ve had this book lying around my house for at least a decade. I tried reading it years ago and abandoned it, but never got rid of it, always meaning to try again. Halfway through, I remember what my issue with the book was… The biggest problem with this book is one of format – just not enough…”

“I bailed out on this book at exactly the halfway point (50% on the nose, according to my Kindle). I had such high hopes, but the book was essentially just a recitation of the lives of the people who lived at 740 Park Ave. Chapter after chapter was a dissection of these people’s lives, to the point…”