Showing 45 articles for: Art and Architecture
Making it rain
Dominic Joyeux
Clever mechanical engineering has been employed to flood the stage in a production of classic musical Singin’ in the Rain, allowing performers to dance, jump and splash about on stage.
Jo da Silva OBE FREng - Structures for a sustainable society
Jo da Silva OBE FREng talks of the need to consider the resilience of the infrastructure that sustains cities and their inhabitants.
The technology behind 'The Tempest'
Richard Gray, Sarah Ellis, Ben Lumsden and Tawny Schlieski
Motion-capture technology that is usually used on film sets is being employed live on stage to bring elements of Shakespeare’s play to life.
Francis Crick Institute, London
Hugh Ferguson, Steve Berry and Rob Patridge
How the challenges of designing and building this world-leading centre for biomedical research and innovation were overcome
Fulton Center, NYC
Craig Covil
The engineer and freelance writer Hugh Ferguson talked to Craig Covil, Principal of Arup and New York Project Director, to find out the main challenges and how they were overcome.
Algae-powered architecture
Jill Entwistle
Jan Wurm, an associate director at Arup, was one of the chief designers of the energy system. He talked to Jill Entwistle about the concept, execution and results from the world’s first photobioreactor.
Troja Bridge
Brian Duguid and Ladislav Šašek
Mott MacDonald’s Brian Duguid, Practice Leader – Bridges, and Ladislav Šašek, Chief Designer for Prague’s Troja Bridge, explain the potential for this underexploited form of bridge design
Responses to: Education editorial, Kelpies, Autonomous vehicles editorial
Dr Graham C Bray, Alan Hayward FREng, Professor Will Stewart FREng
The Falkirk Kelpies
Felicity Starr
Felicity Starr, lead structural engineer for Atkins on The Kelpies project, worked with Andy Scott, the sculptor, on creating the 30m tall horses. She explains how the vision was turned into reality.
Singapore's Supertrees
Hugh Ferguson
Patrick Bellew RDI FREng, of environmental engineers Atelier Ten, outlines the engineering challenges and solutions generated by the Gardens by the Bay project.