Dec 8 2014SaveDesign12/8/14Design12/8/14Bureaucracy and Bad Design Killed the World Trade Center's Green DreamKelsey Campbell-Dollaghan67SaveOnce upon a time, One World Trade was a trumpeted as the future greenest skyscraper in the world. It turned out to…
Dec 4 2013SavePhysics12/4/13 Physics12/4/13Why is NYC's Freedom Tower making this moaning noise?Annalee Newitz103Save People have been passing around this video for the past few days because it captures an astonishing phenomenon. The…
Oct 23 2013Save10/23/13Should a Skyscraper's Spire Count Towards Its Total Height?Adam Clark Estes89SaveIt's a hotly contested issue amongst architects and designers. Does a building's height stop at the highest usable…
Oct 10 2013Save10/10/13This Aerial of New York Makes One WTC Look Like the Eye of SauronNicholas Stango56Save When James Kastner took off from Newark International Airport he had no idea he'd soon be taking such an incredible…
Mar 28 2012Save3/28/12Occupy Wall Street and the War to Free All InternetSam Biddle45SaveThe "Occupy Movement" might be nebulous, but it's at least a stirring cross-section of ideas. One of them, as…
Sep 8 2011SaveDesign9/8/11Design9/8/11How the Greenest Skyscraper Ever Is Rising Out of the Rubble of the World Trade CenterAndrew Tarantola37SaveOn September 11, 2001, the World Trade Center transformed from a pair of gleaming towers into a carcinogenic pile of…