Government response to the proposal for up to 40 Garden Cities from URBED’s David Rudlin, winner of the 2014 Wolfson Economics Prize has been lukewarm with Housing Minister Brandon Lewis advising that such proposals would not be government policy, albeit he also confirmed that the Government is backing a Garden City proposal at Ebbsfleet and […]
“Design shapes the world. From the buildings we live and work in to the machines that propel us forward to the products that enrich our lives, we live in a designed world.” (Autodesk) The Autodesk Gallery near to the Ferry Building in San Francisco houses a free exhibition of examples of innovative design and engineering […]
In architecture, 3D printing has been used to create design models of proposed projects, allowing many options to be developed quickly, and to make components for buildings . Three projects have been published where 3D printing is being used to make complete houses. Will this technology revolutionise the domestic building industry? Last year, in Amsterdam, […]
3D-printing, one of the greatest technologies of our era, continues to achieve amazing new developments in medical science. Recent reports show its use in heart operations in two ways. In the first, the creation of a 3D model of the heart of 14-month old, Roland Lian Cung Bawi, from Owensboro, Kentucky who was diagnosed with four congenital heart defects enabled more […]
How would artists of centuries ago have used modern technology? The Fine Art Society is showing recent work by Rob and Nick Carter, working with creative studio MPC, where masterpieces of art are brought into the digital age. Van Gogh’s sunflowers have been recreated as the most delicate and intricate bronze sculpture using 3D printing […]
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