Category Archives: architecture
Water-Art Activism Hits New York City
It always strikes me how a small but creative idea can spread spurring people around it to see the world in a new way. Or its ability to influence individuals to engage in positive change. Word Above the Street is … Continue reading
Filed under architecture, art, community, drinking water, international, water availability, water events
“A Different Kind of Water Torture” on the Huffington Post
“With the onset of hot, humid weather and early monsoon rains, situations of water-borne diseases such as viral hepatitis (A&E), gastroenteritis, typhoid and paratyphoid fever, cholera, dysentery, E-coli diarrhoea, giardiasis and intestinal worms, malaria, dengue fever, poliomyelitis and rotavirus diarrhoea … Continue reading
Filed under architecture, drinking water, general, international, sanitation, water treatment
Dammed if we do, dammed if we don’t…
A friend sent along these great videos of a coffer dam being breached in super-fast speed. This video has since circulated the Internet extensively, but in case you haven’t seen it yet… Marmot Dam Removal – ‘largest dam removal in … Continue reading
Filed under architecture, audio, dam, drinking water, economy, energy, floods, general, international, sustainability, technology
Water from the Fissures – Conservation and Skyscrapers
The new Bank of America Building at One Bryant Park in New York City is often billed as the “greenest skyscraper” in the world. Modeled after Four Times Square, another sustainable structure in the vicinity, the Bank of America Building … Continue reading
Filed under architecture, groundwater, india, international, rainwater, sustainability
