Engineering Marvels

Bosjes Chapel

South African chapel with a soaring shotcrete shell roof. Your first glimpse of Bosjes Estate just might jolt you out of your seat. It might look like a spaceship in the middle of the Cape Winelands’ Breede Valley. Just a 90-minute drive from Cape Town and you will...

Empire State Building

The Empire State Building is a 102-story Art Deco skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan in New York City. It was designed by Shreve, Lamb & Harmon and built from 1930 to 1931. Its name is derived from “Empire State”, the nickname of the state of New York. The...

Aqueduct Of Segovia

While its exact construction date has been difficult to pin down due to the absence of any sort of inscription, the aqueduct (and aqueduct bridge) is generally believed to have been constructed around 1st or 2nd century A.D. Many of the magnificent aqueducts of the...

Nordhordland Bridge

A unique combination of floating bridge and cable-stayed bridge. Amrita Batra Associate Editor Civil Engineering and Construction Review The Nordhordland Bridge is a combined cable-stayed and pontoon bridge which crosses Salhusfjorden between...

Palm Jumeirah, United Arab Emirates

Amrita Batra Associate Editor Civil Engineering and Construction Review The Palm Islands are an artificial archipelago (a chain or cluster of islands) in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, one of the major commercial and residential infrastructure. Palm Islands consist of...

Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge

World’s longest sea bridge Amrita Batra Associate Editor Civil Engineering and Construction Review Measuring 55 km-long, including connecting roads, Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge (HZMB) is the world’s longest sea bridge and the longest fixed link on...

Bio Intelligent Quotient (BIQ) House, Germany

The first algae-powered building in the world The world’s first algae-powered building in Hamburg, Germany, the 15-unit Bio Intelligent Quotient (BIQ) House, is a four-storey residential building, which was launched as a part of the 2013 International Building...

London Eye

A Landmark for the New Millennium Amrita Batra Associate Editor Civil Engineering and Construction Review History London Eye, formerly Millennium Wheel, is Europe’s tallest cantilevered revolving observation wheel, situated in London, on the South Bank of the...