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Nissan's Launches a mobile hub concept van NV300 for artisans and craftsmen!

Nissan has released a concept van that doubles as a mobile workshop for woodworkers and craftsmen, with a weatherproof power pack for battery-powered energy.

Created in collaboration with UK-based Studio Hardie, the vehicle's cargo area has been kitted out as a mobile workshop for woodworking professional.

The van features multiple in-built storage boxes, a retractable workbench with wall-mounted lamp, plus specially designed storage for cables and a full set of tools attached to the inside of the back doors.

"The designs for the tool storage came from years of site work, thinking about how we work, what tool you want w...

World's Longest Bridge Is Nearing Completion In Kuwait

Spanning a total length of 48,53 km (approx. 30 miles), the bridge will include the 36,1-km-long main bridge and the 12,43 km-long Doha Link, another Hyundai E&C project under construction in Kuwait. It is about 7 km longer than Haiwan Bridge (41.58 km) in Qingdao, China.

The $3 billion projects are conceived one of the largest infrastructural projects in the world overtaken by Hyundai E&C and Combined Group Contracting. 

The Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah Causeway will span across Kuwait Bay between Kuwait City and the Subiyah area. The new bridge will reduce the distance between Kuwait City and Subiyah area from 104 km to 36 km; thu...

Architecture becomes a STEM Subject in the United States

The United States Congress has passed a bill which will lead to architecture being officially recognized as a STEM subject. The Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education (CTE) Act was lobbied by the AIA in an effort to “encourage a more diverse workforce, fulfil the promise of design as the synthesis of art and science, and affect a fundamental change in educational curricula.”

The bi-partisan act will allow states to use federal money to modernize the Career and Technical Education curriculum, allowing for an increase in funds available for architectural education at a high-school level. The recognition of architecture as a STEM subject embodies the profession’s history of ingenuity and problem solving and its operating spheres at the intersection of ar...

Foster + Partners Release Golden Stadium Design For 2022 World Cup In Qatar

New images have been released for an 80,000-seat golden stadium designed by Foster + Partners, the venue will host the opening and final games of the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar. Released by the Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy (SC), the new venue will be the largest stadium during the tournament, which will kick off on 21 November 2022 and be the first to take place in the Arab world.

Named Lusail Stadium, the new venue is located 15km north of central Doha, and the building will form the centerpiece of the new ultra-modern Lusail City, the construction of which is nearing completion. 

"As well as being situated in the heart of the city of th...