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Jul 7, 2011

Entire world jumping on crazy green energy bandwagon

Global investment in renewable energy grew by 32 percent during 2010, with a record level of $211 billion invested in that year, mainly in wind farms in China and rooftop solar panels in Europe.

Jun 13, 2011

University of Oregon partners with Gabon for sustainable development

University of Oregon President Richard Lariviere met with Gabon President Ali Bongo Ondimba in Washington, D.C., on Friday to sign the partnership intended to make the developing country as a model for sustainable development in Africa.

Jun 10, 2011

Renderings: Otak projects in the U.S. and abroad

Otak has designed projects in the U.S. and in the Middle East.

Jun 10, 2011

In Otak acquisition, East meets West and plans to go south

South Korean construction and project management firm HanmiGlobal Co., is teaming with Lake Oswego-based Otak Inc., which has firms in the United States and the Middle East. Together the firms hope they can push into the relatively untapped South American market.

Apr 21, 2011

Nicky Gavron, former deputy mayor of London

As deputy mayor of London, Nicky Gavron was a driving force behind the adoption of the London Plan and the city’s Climate Change Action Plan. She contributed to the introduction of London’s congestion charge, and is helping the city pursue an ambitious goal of 60 percent reduction in carbon emissions from 1990 levels by 2025. Gavron, now a member of the London Assembly, recently visited Portla[...]

Apr 11, 2011

Berlin museum wins Mies van der Rohe architecture award

The Neues Museum in Berlin has been awarded the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture, otherwise known as the Mies van der Rohe Award. The award recognizes architectural accomplishments in […]

Apr 11, 2011

Berlin museum wins Mies van der Rohe architecture award

The Neues Museum in Berlin has been awarded the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture, otherwise known as the Mies van der Rohe Award. The award recognizes architectural accomplishments in […]

Apr 5, 2011

Paris’s next landmark – a glass tower?

The Eiffel Tower, the Arc de Triomphe and … the Triangle Tower? A proposed design for a 40-story steel and glass tower by Swiss firm Herzog de Meuron could be […]

Apr 5, 2011

Paris's next landmark – a glass tower?

The Eiffel Tower, the Arc de Triomphe and … the Triangle Tower? A proposed design for a 40-story steel and glass tower by Swiss firm Herzog de Meuron could be […]

Mar 18, 2011

Engineer takes firsthand look at earthquake damage in Japan

Kit Miyamoto, CEO of Miyamoto International, has already visited several cities in Japan to assess damage and determine engineering solutions. He said the use of unreinforced concrete, which resulted in the complete ruin of buildings, is a worldwide problem.

Mar 17, 2011

Engineer Kit Miyamoto surveys damage in Japan after earthquake

Kit Miyamoto, an earthquake and structural engineer who’s done work in Haiti and other international locales, is in Japan after the country’s 8.9 magnitude earthquake and ensuing tsunami. Here’s his […]

Mar 17, 2011

Engineer Kit Miyamoto surveys damage in Japan after earthquake

Kit Miyamoto, an earthquake and structural engineer who’s done work in Haiti and other international locales, is in Japan after the country’s 8.9 magnitude earthquake and ensuing tsunami. Here’s his […]



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