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Producing five times the energy it consumes, this house designed by Ralph Disch is a full sustainable design structure he calls the Heliotrope.  It's main source of energy is an array of solar panels placed on top of the roof to convert the sun's rays into energy.

Designers at Rain Harvesting Pvt, Ltd, have designed and developed a product that would prevent rainwater downspouts and pipes from clogging due to leaves and other small objects entering the gutter drain.  They call this the Clean Rain.  Its an all-in-one maintenance free rain head, flush diverter and storm overflow in one functional device.

The Y Buildings, designed by Paul Kaloustian Architects, are located in the district of Ashrafieh, Beirut, Lebanon.  A very modern looking and attractive building, the Y Buildings stand like an art piece in the contemporary world.

The World's Largest Clock finally ticks for the first time last wednesday August 11, 2010 to signal the first day of the fasting month before Ramadan in Saudi Arabia.

Located at the heart of Mecca, close to the Grand Mosque, the royal clock towers the entire city and is said to be seen as far as 19 miles.

The Emerson Cup is an annual event celebrating and recognizing some of the outstanding and innovative designs in the HVAC (Heating, Ventilating and Air Conditioning) industry.  Now on its third consecutive year in India and Southeast Asia, they are now accepting new entries to be nominated for this year's innovative designs.  All are welcome to join including all related fields from engineers, architects, consultants, developers and students.

All entries will be accepted until August 20, 2010.

For more information, you can visit The Emerson Cup on their facebook page or in Digitalscroll.com.

This bridge design is from WXY Architecture and Weidlinger Associates Consulting Engineers who have won a design competition to build the Nanhe River Landscape Bridge in Xinjin County, China.

This bridge will cross the river in two interlaced paths.

Worldbex 2010 (Philippine World Building and Construction Exposition 2010) starts today, from March 17 to March 21, 2010 in the World Trade Center, Metro Manila, Philippines.  Entrance is free of charge!

Here's another video of the World's Tallest Tower, Burj Khalifa or formerly Burj Dubai in Dubai, shot from a helicopter.

Ever seen someone make art with a construction nail? Or have done it using a semi-automatic nail gun?  Well here's a video of a construction worker doing just that.

Watch as he recreates the Mona Lisa using a semi-automatic nailgun!

Architects, Interior Designers, Engineers, Builders and anyone working and in some way connected to construction jobs use the ever so dependent Tape Measure. 

The tape measure, is a tool most commonly used for simply measuring things.  That's what we were taught in school but, little do we know that some people out there found other creative uses for this little tool called the tape measure.