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Awesome Engineering for Flood Control

July 28, 2022July 29, 2022 Jackie Craven 0 Comment Discover: Modern Miracles Engineering Tours
Thames Barrier

Some of the world’s most amazing structures are also the most practical. Read more

Houses You Can Hardly See

June 1, 2022July 29, 2022 Jackie Craven 0 Comment Discover: Modern Miracles, USA House Tours
Philip Johnson's Glass House

Oh, to live in a house made of glass, floating above field and marsh. In the mid-twentieth century, architects Mies van der Rohe and Philip Johnson dazzled the world with their crystal creations, and contemporary architects have built upon the idea. Read more

When LAX Just Isn’t Big Enough – The First Commercial Space Terminal

June 1, 2022July 29, 2022 Jackie Craven 0 Comment Discover: Modern Miracles Engineering Tours, Modern Buildings
Terminal Hangar Facility at Spaceport America

Today’s mega-sized airports handle air travel but not space travel. Famous for his “high tech” buildings, architect Norman Foster designed a special spaceport to solve this problem. The New Mexico Spaceport Authority Building, “Spaceport America,” sprawls across desert landscape in New Mexico.

 

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