National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts by Mecanoo | 2018-11-29

Part landscape, part architecture, the 1.51 million-square-foot National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts tucks a collection of performance halls beneath a 35-acre artificial terrain that rolls like hills. Floating at one end of a park that had been a military base, the $366 million complex—the largest performing-arts center under one roof—seems to ooze from below […]

The impact of slag swelling on building structures demonstrated through long-term measurement analysis: a case study lesson

Results of geodetic measurements The results of the geodetic measurements are presented in the deformation graphs of the floor on the ground floor and the first floor, concerning the individual measurement points. Minor floor irregularities recorded in measurement lines 2, 5, 7, and 8 (Fig. 6b, e, g, h). The measurements taken of 2019 showed the […]

Water, Again, Arrives Uninvited in GHS Gymnasiums

Greenwich Schools communications director Sasha Houlihan confirmed on Tuesday afternoon that there has been yet another flood at Greenwich High School. The flood happened on Monday. Houlihan said the district’s facilities team confirmed they discovered an expansion joint had burst in the hallway of the Greenwich High School Performing Arts Center. The incident impacts both […]