EdX User Stories
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United States, New York City
Daryl King
2016-10-04
This photograph is an image of the new residential building that is being designed by the notorious architect Tadao Ando, who wanted to...
France, Lyon
Damien Duchene
2016-10-04
This picture is from Lyon's newest museum, the "Musée des Confluences". It is a very impressive structure, with large cantilever and huge...
Singapore, Singapore
Hong Cai
2016-10-02
This is a construction site in Singapore, where construction workers are from other countries i.e. India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, etc., and...
Colombia, Medellín
Mateo Buitrago
2016-09-30
Here we see clearly how steel, and concrete are fusined. This concrete is produced locally, but many pieces of the steel are either...
Singapore, Singapore
Singapore
2016-09-27
Singapore architecture offers a mix of modernity and heritage. Shop houses are typically 2-storey buildings with a shop at the ground...
United Arab Emirates, Sharjah
Revathi Vipinachandran
2016-09-24
UAE is a big exporter of the material cement which has been used for the construction of buildings seen in the picture In 2012, 6.3...
Jordan, Amman
Yazid Hamodah
2016-09-24
This is picture was taken for Jordan gate towers ; the building materials of this tower are steel and glass where it is brought from...
Ecuador, Azogues
María José Mogrovejo
2016-09-22
• The left picture is from “La Capilla del Hombre” (Man´s Chapel), located in Quito-Ecuador, and designed by Hansel Guayasamín. This...
Canada, Victoria
Sasha Kvakic
2016-09-21
This is a photo of an ongoing bridge replacement project in Victoria BC, Canada. On the left is the old bascule drawbridge, on the right,...
Iraq, Dihok
Heru kittani
2016-09-21
mostly all the buildings were built by locally available materials as the stones , woods
Portugal, Portalegre
Francisco Melo Vergueiro
2016-09-19
This photo shows a building that illustrates an example contemporary housing, where the requirements are very demanding. In the concept of...
Serbia, Novi Sad
Natasa
2016-09-16
This is example of a building which contains both aspects of modern technology and globalized economy, but at the same time its...
Peru, Lima
Arch. Jose Alberto Venegas Soriano
2016-09-13
Arch. Venegas Soriano Lima, Perú Lima is a desert with a decreasing number of valleys generated -for centuries- from the rivers born in...
Mexico, Mexico City
ED
2016-09-13
Designed by a mexican architect with the help of Gehry Technologiesand a houston based company Geométrica
Brazil, Rio de Janeiro
Martha Nunes
2016-09-12
The photos shows two commercials buildings located in the neighbourhood of Botafogo, next my apartment in Rio de Janeiro, using ACM...
Brazil, Rio de Janeiro
Martha Nunes
2016-09-11
The photos shows two commercials buildings located in the neighbourhood of Botafogo, next my apartment in Rio de Janeiro, using ACM...
Brazil, Rio de Janeiro
Martha Nunes
2016-09-11
The photos shows two commercials buildings located in the neighbourhood of Botafogo, next my apartment in Rio de Janeiro, using ACM...
Saudi Arabia, Riyadh
Yazeed
2016-09-09
In Saudi Arabia, 60 years ago, every part of the country has its own style. For instance, in the central region the main element of the...
Fiji, Suva
Andrew McIntyre
2016-09-08
Construction used to be a localised activity, but with the advancement of construction processes and construction materials almost every...
Brazil, Rio de Janeiro
Martha Nunes
2016-09-08
The photos shows two commercials buildings located in the neighbourhood of Botafogo, next my apartment in Rio de Janeiro, using ACM...
Brazil, Salvador
Sérgio Ribeiro
2016-09-06
These photos show buildings that were constructed by a Brazilian company in Angola, Africa during the period between 2008 and 2010. I was...
Guatemala, Guatemala City
Salvador Calgua
2016-09-04
Components of a globalized economy. This is the third social sustainable house in Guatemala, but the first one in the city. In my...
Canada, Ottawa
Ottawa resident
2016-09-04
Globalization in construction is apparent. New materials are making their way into construction options. For example, materials not found...
Netherlands, Rotterdam
Derk
2016-09-04
The photo shows a rebuild of my toilet and the pluming in the background. Even on this small scale there is little ‘local’ and a lot...
Indonesia, Malang
Rysdana Nur Khalid
2016-09-02
The photograph I submitted shown this under construction building all materials were came from globalized economy. It's
Germany, Köln
Tobias Dörnenburg
2016-09-02
On the picture you can see the modern Immanuel Church in Cologne. Most of the construction material is wood. This wood is special wood from...
United Kingdom, London
Natalia Gentilcore
2016-09-02
I took this picture in Victoria station, 2014. It shows a development of new offices and residential buildings under construction. The...
India, Nashik
Aayush Kedia
2016-09-02
This is a Brand new construction going on just next door. Most of the iron and steel products used in the construction are imported from...
Germany, Mannheim
Sophia Mark
2016-09-01
Viktoria Tower Mannheim Germany I found this building construction information in research in the internet. It is very interesting as...
United States, New York City
Marta
2016-08-30
As shown in the picture, Times Square is full of advertisement. Being such a globalized city, there are international, world-wide adverts....
India, Bengaluru
Akshay Sanklecha
2016-08-28
The above image uses stone naturally obtained from Rajasthan, called as sandstone or Jodhpur stones.
India, Bengaluru
ASJAD BASHSHAR
2016-08-26
This photo is of a construction site near Kumaraswamy layout,Bengaluru. It shows various materials which are part of a global econonomy...
India, Chennai
AR.M.SENTHIL
2016-08-24
The images shows the wooden staircase which gives an access to terrace. The construction of wooden staircase comparing to concrete...
United Arab Emirates, Dubai
salma sedigh
2016-08-23
This photo was taken by a friend during the new years eve. This is currently the tallest building in the world in the middle of a...
United Kingdom, Kensington
Luis Gento Rodriguez
2016-08-22
This is a picture that was recently taken in Kensington, a borough of London. This area is experiencing new high density residential...
United States, San Rafael
Henrik Caroe
2016-08-21
This is the Marin County Civic Center, built by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1969 and was Frank's Largest public structure. Made of mostly...
United Kingdom, London
David Dove
2016-08-19
This image is one of part of a project that I was involved in, located in London, UK. The project was a 133 unit super luxury apartment...
United States, Thornton
Hannah Bessett
2016-08-17
It is difficult to know for certain which parts of the house photographed come from a globalized economy, as the company who constructs...
United Kingdom, Newcastle upon Tyne
Pearson Brown
2016-08-15
Glass and steel are key components to this office block. Glass is imported to the U.K from Germany commonly. Steel in the U.K is a...
Brazil, Tiradentes
Noara Silva Rabelo
2016-08-13
This is a photo of a house in Tiradentes - Brazil. Like many of the houses in Tiradentes, the builders used bricks because Tiradentes is a...
United States, Seattle
Jason Beffa
2016-08-10
Jason Beffa Seattle, USA 520 Floating Bridge project
Thailand, Nakhon Ratchasima
yyohei
2016-08-09
The picture presented the style of traditional Thai’s house in tropics Mostly of traditional Thai’s house was made by teak wood and...
Sweden, Göteborg
Alex Andersson
2016-08-09
This picture was taken in a nearby neighbourhood. What you see in the picture is mineral wool, a material used for isolation/insulation. It...
United Arab Emirates, Dubai
Joanna Truffaut
2016-08-07
"Construction used to be a localised activity, but with the advancement of construction processes and construction materials almost every...
Chile, Valparaíso
María Piedad Aguirre
2016-08-05
The photograph was taken by me in 2014 and shows the reconstruction of houses by a large fire that occurred in Valparaiso, Chile and left...
Cyprus, Limassol
Kleovoulos Aristarchou
2016-08-05
The Local way of building can clearly seen in this photograph. The Oval Building in Limassol.
Norway, Kongsberg
Aleksander Ødegård
2016-08-05
The picture depicts the construction of a new ER at the local hospital. Little or nothing of the materials and components have been...
India, Rohtak
Yugdeep
2016-08-01
Couple of buildings of the under construction campus for Indian Institute of Management Rohtak can be seen in the photo. In foreground we...
United States, Santa Clarita
2016-07-29
A house such as this one might have several materials representative of a globalized economy. Some of its drywall may come from China, it...
United Kingdom, London
Nikoleta Nikolova
2016-07-29
is a typical example of a contemporary building, in London alone there are skyscrapers in construction in the momennt. United Kingdom alone...
United Kingdom, Oundle
Pau Caunce
2016-07-28
This image shows a structural steel column with a lightweight steel frame infill panel, lined with plywood. The plywood originates in...
United Kingdom, Gateshead
David
2016-07-28
This mixed-use office block was created using "system building", which originated in Scandanavia following the end of WWII. It is built...
India, Chennai
Joshua Oliver
2016-07-28
This picture shows the pipe rack lines carrying chilled water and air connecting the cooling towers and separate building blocks. Although...
Malaysia, Semenyih
Toh Hua Jie
2016-07-28
*image taken by Andrew Shee, another collaborator on this project. The image shows the construction of the first Earthship...
Colombia, Santander de Quilichao
Garbage
2016-07-24
Bareque and places of charala.
Croatia, Pula
Edgar Valdes
2016-07-22
Pavement material on three cities On this collage image we will show the usage of the same pavement technique. For this image we select...
Brazil, Fortaleza
Henrique Cunha
2016-07-20
Construction used to be a localised activity, but with the advancement of construction processes and construction materials almost every...
Singapore, Singapore
Balazs Kovacs
2016-07-18
Singapore imports accounted last year 32949.46 Million SGD with a trade balance of +5194.70 Million SGD. Of this import with 43% share, is...
United States, Mullica Hill
Kyle Rowe
2016-07-18
This house from Mullica Hill, New Jersey, and many houses from the suburban Northeast U.S. are made of multiple materials, with the...
Venezuela, Maracaibo
Hans Dorian Ratmiroff
2016-07-17
we can see from the roof a plastic panel produced in mexico.
United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi
Alreem
2016-07-16
This villa is located in Abu Dhabi, UAE. The main components that make up the villa is concrete, steel and glass. Whereas the concrete and...
United Kingdom, Edinburgh
Samantha Suppiah
2016-07-14
Use of construction materials in the UK are reported on in the annual Construction Building Materials Bulletin...
Korea South, Incheon
Jessica Bedford
2016-07-13
Studying and working in Interior Architecture field in South Africa meant that there is a fair amount of understanding as what building...
Peru, Huancayo
Alvaro Puertas Villavicencio
2016-07-13
Hi! This is Alvaro again, and in this opportunity, I leave you with an image that tells us both about identity and globalization, probably...
Colombia, Bogotá
Camilo A. Rodriguez
2016-07-13
First I want to express that I fully understand that the course us more urban focused, but I think its important to look at construction...
Netherlands, Amsterdam
Prisca Arosio
2016-07-12
The picture is showing the development of residential buildings in Amsterdam. Starting from the left side: the oldest building, it’s a...
India, Dehra Dūn
Pramod Tiwari
2016-07-11
*As in first image earlier construction of house, most of the house made of bricks and loam and clay is used as a mortar and for...
Hong Kong, Central
Nasim Gafur
2016-07-10
"Construction used to be a localised activity, but with the advancement of construction processes and construction materials almost every...
France, Lyon
François Cheradame
2016-07-09
My apartment is in a building where apartments have a single exposure. Mine is headed south. Built with concrete panels, and not much...
Libyan Arab, Benghazi
Huda Yousef Mohamed Hamad
2016-07-09
These two photos taken inside a small typical house in Benghazi-Libya, they showing finishing materials came from Italy and Spain; like...
Brazil, Rio Bananal
Milla Segabinazzi
2016-07-09
The chosen image is a roof construction with clay tiles, made with local materials from the city of Santa Maria, in Rio grande do Sul...
United States, Buffalo
Rebecca Castaneda
2016-07-08
This photo was taken on the Canadian side of the border in Niagara Falls, Ontario. It depicts the Horseshoe falls in the background along...
Switzerland, Genève
Luiset Julien JulienL17
2016-07-07
"Construction used to be a localised activity, but with the advancement of construction processes and construction materials almost every...
Czech Republic, Brno
Do Thi Linda
2016-07-06
Three main dominants of this IT university are combinations of wood, glass and concrete. Concrete and shine of glass give us very cold...
United States, Kansas City
oliviaopp
2016-07-06
The picture shows a photo of a common type of suburban house in Kansas City, Missouri, USA. The framework of the house is made from...
Netherlands, Renkum
im van 't Hoog
2016-07-05
Here we see a house that is being built one block away from mine. Although hard to see in the picture the foundation and the concrete...
Mexico, Hermosillo
Mónica Landgrave Serrano
2016-07-04
"Construction used to be a localised activity, but with the advancement of construction processes and construction materials almost every...
Dominican Republic, Santiago de los Caballeros
Ben Wargo
2016-07-04
This photo shows a typical house in the Dominican Republic. The builders have used rebar as a means of security/protection for the house. ...
United States, Los Angeles
Jamin
2016-07-03
Wilshire Grand Center The Wilshire Grand Center is built on the site of the original Wilshire Grand Hotel, once a distinctive landmark of...
Mexico, Santiago de Querétaro
Alexandra Huesca
2016-06-30
This picture is from Queretaro in Mexico which is near Mexico City, there are many new residential projects like this one where the use of...
Spain, Elche
Alejandro Juan Pineda Sánchez
2016-06-30
This is a commercial center in Elche (Spain): "El Corte Inglés". The center is directed by an architect studio from Madrid. The shape is a...
Brazil, São Paulo
Selma Marinangelo Lombardi
2016-06-29
This buildings are located in Sao Paulo-Brazil on the south area of the city. It's a new financial area. This kunk of skyline could be...
Colombia, Bogotá
Miguel Ospina
2016-06-28
In Colombia, because of the abundance of natural resources there is a lot of materials that can be produced in my country. But, specially...
Brazil, Sabinópolis
Selma Marinangelo Lombardi
2016-06-28
This area of the city looks just like any other big city around the world.
Ecuador, Quito
Victor Molina
2016-06-27
Due to the trends in contemporary architecture, modern building in Quito are designed in the less sustainable way. For example the second...
United States, Seattle
Mike Bozee
2016-06-27
Here is the University of Washington tower, located in Seattle's University District. To the right of it is a construction crane. This...
Egypt, Cairo
Shorouk
2016-06-26
This image is not taken by me. It is at the Bahariya Oasis showing solar cells used in constructing a solar station or solar panels, even...
Honduras, San Pedro Sula
Israel Rubi
2016-06-25
Muy poco ha quedado en los acabados finales del edificio al fondo de los materiales tradicionales de esta ciudad,el vidrio,las pinturas son...
Uganda, Kampala
LUWAGA ISAAC MUGUMBULE
2016-06-23
Steel reinforced concrete column contain steel bars that are imported. The orange cladding is made of composite aluminium panels that are...
South Africa, Cape Town
Marli Geldenhuys
2016-06-23
I worked on a construction site in Worcester, South Africa, where a bulk water pipeline was being constructed from cast iron pipes made in...
India, Mumbai
Vishal Mehan
2016-06-23
This is a little village called Ratnagiri, a few hours away from the city of Mumbai. This village uptill 2014 had major electricity, water...
United States, New York City
Saeed Dornajafi
2016-06-23
The dominant material used in these heavy construction projects is steel along with concrete and glass. The country of origin for these...
Argentina, Mendoza
Juan
2016-06-23
Fortunately in Argentina we produce most of the currently materials used in construction such as steel and cement, but we also have straw,...
Spain, Madrid
mpq
2016-06-22
The building in the this photograph uses brick, steel and concrete. These are the three most commonly used materials produced in Spain...
Iran, Tehran
Shervin haddad
2016-06-22
in this picture you can see a construction in Tehran. at this city almost all components and stuff are built in inner and also a lot of...
Pakistan, Lahore
Aliza Khan
2016-06-22
The picture is of a local college of fashion and design named PIFD, Pakistan institute of fashion and design. The building is entirely made...
Philippines, Quezon City
Earlwin Tee
2016-06-22
The image shows the construction in SM Mall of Asia, Pasay City, Philippines. In our country, the predominant construction methodology is...
India, Mumbai
Abhishek Shinde
2016-06-22
With Globalization affecting the local standard practices of the construction and impacting the construction process all across the globe ,...
Paraguay, Asunción
Dorotea Noemí Wiens wiens
2016-06-21
This photo is in Asunción, now we have here a big growth in construction, buildings what we never thought could be here. Some materials...
Mexico, Mexico City
Jorge Combe
2016-06-21
New high-rise buildings are being built with steel (mostly coming from China) and glass, coming from the United States. In the past in...
Ecuador, Guayaquil
Carlos Pino
2016-06-21
This is “El Palacio de Cristal” (Crystal Palace), located at the Malecón 2000 in Guayaquil. It was built in the beginning of the XX century...
Philippines, Tanay
Jason B. Santos
2016-06-21
Module 4: Task 1 – A Globalized Economy Building: Tanay, Rizal, Philippines The task will be centered on the premise that “almost every...
India, Chandigarh
Swati Dutta
2016-06-20
I belong to Chandigarh. Am presently based in Jaipur. This photograph is taken in Shimla. The given statement holds true in most of the...
India, Chandigarh
Swati Dutta
2016-06-20
The given statement holds true in most of the places today. The first photograph shows the inconsiderable ways RCC buildings and concrete...
United Kingdom, London
Hugh Ebdy
2016-06-20
This photo was taken a short walk from the studio where I work in Hackney, NE London. It shows a development of new flats under...