architecture

The world's longest arched bridge by Fxfowle, Duboi, 2012: 12 lanes, 1.7km long and 200m above ground.

wow!

Quoted: The world’s largest and most advanced airport building - not only technologically, but also in terms of passenger experience, operational efficiency and sustainability – Beijing Airport is welcoming and uplifting. A symbol of place, its soaring aerodynamic roof and dragon-like form celebrates the thrill of flight and evokes traditional Chinese colours and symbols.

quoted: Cities grew tremendously in the hundred years between 1860 and 1960, and infrastructure was the foundation for that growth. Trains, streetcar lines, streets and highways allowed inhabitants to rush around with relative ease. As infrastructure filled past capacity and congestion became bad, the public had faith that the experts would solve the problems by constructing new infrastructure - always more capacious and more technologically advanced.

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Quoted: This movie shows the construction process of a school in Rocinha, the largest favela of Latin America, located in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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Great article by Katia Savchuk on slum redevelopment in Mumbai.

Quoted: most resettlement sites are peripheral and threaten to become "vertical slums." In the end, this is still a way of clearing populations who are "in the way" out of central urban space in order to reshape the city for its high-end users.

This is a great site on the abandoned subway system in Rochester, NY. There is an archive of photos, maps, videos, etc. It was done by Michael Governale and Otto M. Vondrak. Very impressive.

Quoted: The Rochester Subway may be gone, but this site brings back a piece of history few people know about.