• Arup’s Rail Resiliency Framework protects transport infrastructure from global warming

    Arup’s Rail Resiliency Framework protects transport infrastructure from global warming

    Global warming has had disastrous consequences for the world’s transport infrastructure, hurting trade and quality of life. Just this week, New York’s Third Avenue Bridge connecting the Bronx and Manhattan literally stopped working because of an ongoing heatwave, creating dramatic complications for the region’s commuters. Continue reading on The Architect’s Newspaper   The post Arup’s

  • Christopher Payne photographs terra-cotta fabrication at Gladding, McBean

    Twelve years ago, a reservoir called Folsom Lake, about 30 miles northeast of Sacramento, dried up. On the drought-cracked bottom lay a clay pipe, submerged since 1955, when the reservoir was built. That pipe, like most that run below cities like Sacramento, San Francisco, and Los Angeles, was made by Gladding, McBean, a terra-cotta manufacturer

    Christopher Payne photographs terra-cotta fabrication at Gladding, McBean