An architectural tour of Chicago's historic Michigan Avenue Hotels. This article includes the Hilton Chicago, Blackstone, Congress, and Auditorium Building.
Chicago Architecture Tour: The Historic Hotels of South Michigan Avenue
This guide will teach you how to perform the slump test on hydraulic cement concrete. It covers the reasons you are performing this test, the equipment needed, and the procedure of ASTM C143. It is intended to be a supplement to reading the ASTM as well as a study tool for the ACI exam.
ASTM Standard Test Method C143: Slump of Hydraulic Cement Concrete
This guide will teach you how to perform compressive strength testing. It covers the reasons you are performing this test, the equipment needed, and the procedure of ASTM C39. It is intended to be a supplement to reading the ASTM as well as a study tool for the ACI exam.
ASTM Standard Test Method C39: Compressive Strength of Concrete Cylinders
The monolithic churches of Ethiopia are some of the greatest architectural marvels in Africa. These churches are carved out of single rock structures.
Monolithic Churches of Ethiopia
The Barcelona Pavilion, Mies van der Rohe's iconic work of modern architecture, is a unique perceptual experience shaped using techniques such as symmetry, staging, and reflectivity.
Barcelona Pavilion: Techniques of Perception
Was Frank Lloyd Wright really as great as we claim him to be? Learn how Wright forever changed American architecture - and why the home you now live in could be one of his descendants.
How Frank Lloyd Wright Forever Changed American Architecture
Examples of architecture designed, constructed or renovated with malice by a seriously annoyed and very determined individual. A fun page of quirky buildings!
Spite Houses—A Selection of Maliciously Eccentric or Delightfully Spiteful Buildings
This guide will teach you how to cast concrete cylinders for compressive strength testing. It covers the reasons you are performing this test, the equipment needed, and the procedure of ASTM C31. It is intended to be a supplement to reading the ASTM as well as a study tool for the ACI exam.
ASTM C31 - Making and Curing Concrete Test Specimens in the Field
Chicago is known for it's iconic buildings. Take a self-guided walking tour in Downtown Chicago to discover these 1920's era gems.
Popular 1920s Era Chicago Architecture
Today, the White City is a trendy section of Tel Aviv, Israel and a UNESCO Heritage Site. Originally, parts of the large urban area were built by German-Jewish architecture students after they had fled Nazi Germany.
Where Is the White City? And Why Is It Important Today?
Learn about the arts and crafts or craftsman style Milwaukee Bungalows and their characteristics and features.
Milwaukee Bungalows: Craftsman Style Homes
Church architecture refers to the architecture of buildings of Christian churches. It has evolved over the two thousand years of the Christian religion, Given below are the fundamental features which are used in church architecture.
Church Architecture Terminologies
Find the longest and biggest bridges in India.
Top 10 Longest and Most Amazing Bridges in India
Chicago's Pennsylvania Railroad Freight Terminal was an architectural masterpiece in a city noted for its brilliant buildings. So why do so few Chicagoans know about this amazing building?
Forgotten Architectural Masterpiece: Chicago’s Pennsylvania Railroad Freight Terminal
10 'nail houses' - examples of buildings which have remained in place long after their neighbourhood has changed - the result of great obstinacy or business acumen. A fun page of quirky buildings!
Nail Houses—A Selection of Obstinate Holdouts and Buildings Which Outlived Their Neighbourhoods
Throughout history different populations have occupied the Iberian Peninsula. The most influential group that occupied what is now Spain were the Middle-Eastern and North African Islamic peoples that entered from the Maghreb, bringing their styles of art and architecture with them.
Mudéjar in Cáceres: Islamic Architectural Influence in a Small Spanish Town