All articles by Stephen Melville – Page 2

  • Engineers do your duty
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    Engineers do your duty

    2011-07-01T11:41:00Z

    You wont regret it- despite the time commitment; headaches and the health risks.

  • Message in a bottle
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    A message in a bottle

    2011-06-24T14:35:00Z

    Engineers like beer. They like designing things. Anything that combines the two in a single, professionally and legally allowable circumstance has got to be good.

  • An un-Catholic education
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    An un-Catholic education

    2011-06-16T16:48:00Z

    What would be the curriculum of my engineering dream academy?

  • Termite colonies
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    We love termites

    2011-06-07T11:19:00Z

    Parametric Design is a misnomer hiding a more interesting truth

  • An academic
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    Who are the experts?

    2011-05-19T16:33:00Z

    Clients are entitled to ask for advice from academics, but they’re not irreproachable

  • Are Engineering Institutions failing to make a stir?
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    Institutions failing to make a stir?

    2011-05-13T12:09:00Z

    Are Engineering Institutions shying away from advocacy, lobbying and social policy?

  • The A Team
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    A team for an uncertain age

    2011-05-05T16:42:00Z

    Is the current norm of differing practices coming together for a project outdated?

  • Shukhov Tower in Moscow
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    An early morning homage

    2011-04-21T15:03:00Z

    A once in a lifetime opportunity to see a groundbreaking piece of engineering…

  • Building the Funnel
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    Building the Funnel

    2011-04-15T16:02:00Z

    We have been building our own room sized timber sculpture to test ideas of structural efficiency and computational form-finding.

  • Shukhov Tower in Moscow
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    Learning from Shukhov

    2011-04-07T14:50:00Z

    Did the Russians give birth to ’modern’ engineering?

  • Brunel suspension bridge
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    Crossing the divide

    2011-04-01T11:00:00Z

    Can we put aside rational argument in favour of subjective expression?

  • Plug hole
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    Down the plughole

    2011-03-28T14:59:00Z

    Its great to see a team of young(ish) engineers working so closely and so decisively.

  • What could be more exciting than foreign travel?
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    What could be more exciting than foreign travel?

    2011-03-18T10:30:53.627Z

    Last week it was a trip Denmark, giving a lecture. This week is Norway for competition scheme meeting, next week is Estonia for a client meeting and the week after that is back to Copenhagen for a group workshop on 'innovation'. More trips to these and other exotic places are ...

  • West Ham Lane facade engineered by Ramboll
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    Putting up a facade

    2011-03-11T17:19:00Z

    Following last weeks post concerning the great lost building this week is the story of the great lost façade.

  • Frustration at the loss of a dearly loved friend
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    Frustration at the loss of a dearly loved friend

    2011-03-07T10:05:00Z

    Part of this week has been spent in Copenhagen giving a talk to Architects and staff at our group HQ and also an intensive day at an Architects office throwing around ideas for our project in Estonia.

  • Peter Rich Mapungubwe
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    Getting down and dirty

    2011-02-24T10:09:00Z

    Engineers tend to default to a comforting pallet of materials, but wouldn’t it be fun to use more elemental materials?

  • measure
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    Is the value of design measurable?

    2011-02-16T10:00:00Z

    Or not?

  • Autodesk’s Revit 2011
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    What price bim?

    2011-02-10T07:10:00Z

    Bim make some sense, but what do we lose by adopting it? A great deal in theory.

  • Manifesto by George Maciunas, 1963.
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    Manifestos for Design

    2011-02-03T10:32:00Z

    Writing your own personal manifesto for design is much harder than it sounds.

  • Patrik Schumacher
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    A one sided debate?

    2011-01-27T17:45:00Z

    There is a minor battle brewing in the architectural world that could, in time, have ramifications for the rest of us and indeed for anyone who cares about rational design.