PayPal has a New “Green” Building
	Some of the employees at one of the largest online transactions companies will work in a new and improved building. According to the PayPal Blog, Scott Thompson, the PayPal president, along with with John Donahoe, eBay CEO and Chuck Reed, Mayor of San Jose, have inaugurated the new PayPal building, last week on 8th of May. The inauguration ceremony is said to have marked an important environmental milestone for both PayPal and ... [read more >>]
	12 May 2008, 04:16GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

World's Largest Building: Crystal Island!
	This construction will match the size of Mother Russia and its thirst for size and territories. The work on the Russia Tower started in September 2007, and – once finished – will be Europe's tallest building, being 612 meters (2,008 feet) high. But the new project, called Crystal Island, will overshadow this, as it will be the world’s biggest building when finished. The man in charge with the design is the same British architect ... [read more >>]
	28 December 2007, 05:51GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

The Largest Building in Europe: Russia Tower
	This will match the size of Mother Russia and the Russian thirst for big territories. Yesterday started the work on the Russia Tower, which – once finished – will become Europe's tallest building and it will be located in the heart of Moscow's business district, in the precincts of the Moscow International Business Center. "This tower will become a symbol of Russia which is turned to the future and to new heigh ... [read more >>]
	19 September 2007, 14:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Weird Designs: The 167.5 m Tall Building with No Windows
	Some of the buildings out there are really strange and usually produce amazement and admiration towards the designer. Well, this one is most notable for its weirdness and its true beauty is hard to appreciate unless you have a really strange art sense. The AT&T Long Lines Building is a truly unique building, not because it's the tallest, the largest, or the most technically advanced. In fact, it's not even habit ... [read more >>]
	25 July 2007, 05:03GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Almost Bulletproof Sheet of Gold Is Only 50 Atoms Thick
	Scientists managed to create an ultrastrong material that has many of the characteristics of the plexiglas, used to make bulletproof glass. The strange thing about this material is the fact that it's made of a 50-atom-thick layer of gold particles. Seen under a microscope, the new material, developed by scientists at the University of Chicago and Argonne National Laboratory looks like a transparent sheet of closely packe ... [read more >>]
	23 July 2007, 05:04GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Dubai Rises to the Sky: Burj Dubai Is Now the Tallest Building in the World
	The tallest building in the world is taking the city of Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates, closer to the sky, as it has just overthrown the former champion, the 1,671 ft (449 m) tall Taipei 101 tower in Taiwan. Building the world's tallest buildings seems to have become a fierce competition in the last decades. Owning it is a matter of great pride, not only for the builders – which gain a lot of fame and also a lot of m ... [read more >>]
	23 July 2007, 02:48GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

The Building That Looks Like a Penis
	Erecting record-breaking buildings seems to have become a fierce competition in the last decades. Owning it is a matter of great pride, not only for the builders – which gain a lot of fame and also a lot of money – but also for the hosting country, which will benefit from having one of the most important tourist attractions in the world. Some of the buildings out there are really strange and usually produce amazement and admiration towa ... [read more >>]
	18 July 2007, 10:56GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Researchers Create Building Materials Made of Mushrooms
	Mushrooms, the fleshy spore-bearing fruiting bodies of fungi typically produced above ground on soil or on their food sources, are good on pizza and even for getting high. Indoor, the ones growing on the walls are considered harmful and inaesthetic and make a bad impression on visitors. Not anymore. A group of young researchers developed a new technique that uses ordinary mushrooms as thermal insulators for walls. Sustainabl ... [read more >>]
	25 June 2007, 05:07GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

What Do You Get From Mixing Grass and Concrete? Grasscrete
	A team of researchers in the UK created a strange mixture between concrete and grass, called Grasscrete, an ecological alternative to classic building materials, designed to create footpaths while leaving room for greenery. It looks interesting, giving the feel of an old alley where grass started growing over the years in the spaces between rocks. From a distance, it almost looks like a garden, when in fact it's as strong as concr ... [read more >>]
	04 June 2007, 10:09GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

How to Build the Tallest Building in the World
	Building the world's tallest buildings seems to have become a fierce competition in the last decades. Owning it is a matter of great pride, not only for the builders – which gain a lot of fame and also a lot of money – but also for the hosting country, which will benefit from having one of the most important tourist attractions in the world. Currently, the tallest building in the world is Taipei 101, named after the city it was bu ... [read more >>]
	30 May 2007, 11:13GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

How To Live in Buildings That Dance in the Wind
	Are you getting tired of the same old view when you look out the windows of your apartment, or you just feel the need for a change in your life? No problem! Soon, with the push of a button you will be able to rotate your entire floor so that your apartment will get on another side of the building. This could be very useful, provided you reach an agreement with your floor neighbors. It's not just a fantasy anymore, as the rotati ... [read more >>]
	23 May 2007, 11:37GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Wireless Sensors Counteract Earthquake Shock Waves
	News about earthquakes and the damage they produce are becoming more frequent as the media now reach almost all “four corners” of the Earth. An earthquake is the result of the sudden release of stored energy in the Earth's crust that creates seismic waves. At the Earth's surface, earthquakes may manifest themselves by a shaking or displacement of the ground and sometimes cause tsunamis, which may lead to loss of li ... [read more >>]
	17 April 2007, 02:55GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia