The Global Danger of Boring Buildings

We need to make the exterior parts of buildings that people focus on more interesting, so that people want to protect rather than replace them. But most people aren’t architects or city planners—they can’t change the designs of what’s being made. Indeed, we have a public who feel utterly powerless, and a construction industry that … Read more

‘Data is the new wine’: How enterprises can navigate data architecture innovation for long-term maturation and success

ZDNET Editor-In-Chief Jason Hiner spoke with Matthias Patzak, enterprise strategist at AWS, to discuss how to approach the often-changing data architecture landscape. The amount of data in the world continues to rapidly expand, creating new challenges for organizations on how to both manage and organize it effectively. As new data architectures emerge, stakeholders must figure … Read more

Would you live in a wood high-rise? An experiment in green architecture.

SKELLEFTEA, Sweden — It is right to say that the construction of one of the tallest timber buildings in the world — the Sara Cultural Center here — began when a pine seedling was planted in a nearby commercial forest almost a century ago. Green Spaces Blueprints for a more resilient planet People had no … Read more

Explosion hits a constructing in Paris, injuring 24. Police are attempting to find out the trigger

PARIS — A robust explosion hit a constructing in Paris’ Left Financial institution on Wednesday, leaving 24 injured and igniting a hearth that despatched smoke hovering over metropolis monuments and prompted the evacuation of surrounding buildings, police mentioned. The reason for the blast was not instantly recognized. The facade of a constructing within the fifth … Read more