CR July 2010
Featured Stories
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International Project
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Personality
Mercedes-Benz Museum
The Mercedes-Benz Museum is an automotive museum housed in Stuttgart, Germany. Stuttgart is home to the Mercedes-Benz brand and the international headquarters of Daimler AG. The current building, which stands directly outside the main gate of the Daimler factory in Stuttgart-Untertürkheim, was designed by UN Studio. It is based on a unique cloverleaf concept using three overlapping circles with the center removed to form a triangular atrium. Previously, the museum was housed in a dedicated building within the factory complex and visitors had in recent decades been transported from the main gate by a secured shuttle.
San Jose City Hall
In the nation’s center of green innovation, San José’s City Hall is one of the greenest buildings in town, achieving the top certification of LEED-EB Platinum from the U.S. Green Building Council. To date, no other City Hall in the United States has achieved LEED-EB Platinum, according to the U.S. Green Building Council. Located at 200 East Santa Clara Street, San José, in California, the complex is large, with the 18 story tall tower totaling 550,000 square feet (46,000 m²) making it the tallest tower in San Jose.
Should Developing Countries worry about Green Building?
The concept of a green building was developed in the 1970s in response to the energy crisis and people's growing concerns about the environment. The need to save energy and mitigate environmental problems fostered a wave of green building innovation that has continued to this day. More often than not these days, when listening to members of the construction world talk, you will hear phrases connected to green building, sustainable development and the like thrown around. Increasingly this, too, is coming into Africa.
Engineer Sam Mambo
Engineering is a great career. Engineers may not be the most highly paid professionals and they may not even be highly regarded in society but it is an undisputable fact that engineers hold the key to most problems facing society. Construction Review interviewed Engineer Sam Mambo. Born some 55 years ago, in Kirinyaga, Kenya, Engineer Sam Mambo attained his Bachelors degree in civil engineering from the University of Nairobi in 1978, thereafter in 1982 he pursued his Masters in highway engineering from the university of Birmingham in the UK.Currently he is pursuing an MBA at the United States International University in Nairobi.
