External Fire Spread to and from Neighbouring Buildings In a recent incident in China, two adjacent towers (16 storeys high) were engulfed in flames within seconds after the outbreak of the fire in one of the towers. Despite great efforts by the fire service, who spent two hours putting out the fire, unfortunately there were two fatalities and

With space and money at a premium, not to mention the desire to hold onto buildings of architectural significance, ‘re-using’ old buildings for a different use or just refurbishing them is becoming a common and popular option for many contractors. However, what are the pros and cons of this kind of design in terms of

Valencia is a city which is often overlooked by visitors to Spain, probably due to the popularity of Barcelona and Madrid. In Spain, Valencia is known as the ‘City of Arts and Science’. The Science Museum, completed in 2000, was built on a site which was formerly the River Turia. Designed by Santiago Calatrava and

Chichen Itza was a large pre-Columbian city built by the Mayan people within the first millennium BC, before becoming a major city in 600 AD.  The city is located in the municipality of Tinum, in the Mexican state of Yucatán. The site includes many architectural styles which suggest that the people who lived within the city migrated from all over Mexico

There are currently three Guggenheim Museums worldwide with a fourth coming soon in Abu Dhabi.  The three existing museums are located in Bilbao, Venice and the original one in New York which opened in 1959.  There were also Guggenheim Museums in Las Vegas, Berlin and Soho, all of which have unfortunately closed.  The most extraordinary

The Hallgrímskirkja (don’t ask me to pronounce it) Church in Reykjavik, Iceland is the tallest building in the most northern capital city in the world. At 73 metres tall it gives stunning views of the city to people inside and outside the building. After 35 years of construction, the Lutheran Church was finally opened in