EdX User Stories
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United Arab Emirates, Dubai
My name is Freddy Miño. I can show the dependence of the infrastructure.
2020-06-11
The burj kalifa, which is the largest building in the world, has a mix of different concepts typical of a globalized world. Its...
Ecuador, Quito
Juan
2020-06-11
The adobe has been used in Ecuador for years for the construction of homes, most commonly seen in the Sierra Ecuador. In recent years...
Ecuador, Otavalo
Jose Rea
2020-06-11
For the construction of this building, a steel material was used, despite having the alternative of constructing it with bamboo, steel...
Ecuador, Puyo
Sebastian Vejar
2020-06-11
In Puyo, Pastaza, Ecuador the concrete houses are built, this town is located in an area where there is a risk of tremors or earthquakes...
Ecuador, Puyo
Cristian Yanouch
2020-06-11
This image was obtained thanks to the KENKU company, which is a family initiative located in the Amazon, to promote bamboo construction as...
Ecuador, Quito
Kevin Saúl Gutiérrez
2020-06-11
In this image we appreciate a construction made with steel beams raised in a corral at the slaughterhouse in Quito. Most of the steel in...
Ecuador, Quito
Lesly Guzmán
2020-06-11
The structures of Ecuador differ in design, because in each country it is designed depending on the climatic characteristics. Also thanks...
Ecuador, Ibarra
Christian Ramirez
2020-06-11
Balm wood is a material that is used in construction, it is used in the floors of buildings and houses, this product originates from...
Ecuador, Quito
Carlos Jarrin
2020-06-11
This picture was taken in North Quito city. This building is a well-known hotel named JW Marriot. Not only is an enigmatic building but...
Ecuador, Quito
Juan Calles
2020-06-11
In my photo a steel infrastructure is represented which is very avant-garde in my country, metal structures are not yet as implemented as...
Ecuador, Ibarra
Kerly Pozo
2020-06-11
In this photo it can be illustrated that steel beams and concrete are used to build a house, that is, this is global throughout the world.
Ecuador, Ibarra
Luis Hernandez
2020-06-10
Ecuador is a country in development so the model of steel-cement reinforcement is well known and used. We, already, produce cement so we...
Ecuador, Quito
Nicolas Bolaños
2020-06-10
In the image that we can see, it is a structure made of steel that aims to increase the area of the house. It is a structure that is...
Ecuador, Quito
David Velez
2020-06-10
Hello to everyone, my name is David, I'm a student at San Francisco University in Quito, Ecuador and in this picture I show the...
Bolivia, La Paz
Juan Sebastián Proaño
2020-06-10
This photo taken on La Paz, shows the citie, with builgings and houses made mostly of the two basic materials; concrete and aluminum. This...
Ecuador, Loja
Andreas Costa
2020-06-10
In the photo we can see a construction of a building, in this construction the materials used are made in Ecuador, but the machines used...
Ecuador, Quito
Martín Sánchez
2020-06-10
At first, the picture shows a lot of different construction materials such as concrete, roof tile, bricks and so on, that indicate the...
Ecuador, Esmeraldas
Joel Bustos
2020-06-10
The following picture is from a glass and aluminum division in a doctor center here in Esmeraldas. It is true that there is no factory or a...
Ecuador, Quito
Steban Hidalgo
2020-06-10
The structure it presents is from the Sek de los Valles school located in Quito. This structure is built with steel, it allows us to have...
Netherlands, Amsterdam
David Ali Villavicencio Morillo
2020-06-10
In the image you can see a structure made up of bricks. This structure is the Amsterdam Main Station (Amsterdam Centraal) and has a brick...
Ecuador, Quito
Victor Alfonso Gallo Mier
2020-06-10
Aluminum Structures, most of the aluminum structures in Ecuador are exported from the United States, these structures are mostly used in...
Ecuador, Quito
Daniel Salvador
2020-06-10
Construction in Quito, Ecuador, has been growing exponentially in last years. Since new techniques are applied to the buildings. It can be...
Ecuador, Quito
Daniel Alzamora
2020-06-09
In the country where I live almost 99% of the constructions are made witch concrete and steel. In the picture you can see a building in...
United Kingdom, London
B Sazer
2020-06-09
A photo of the Tate Modern extension, Switch House in London. Although this building takes some inspiration from its local context -...
Ecuador, Quito
Roque Rivadeneira
2020-06-09
The globalized materials used in the building are glass, cement, steel used in the uprights and reinforced concrete, also aluminum used in...
India, Coimbatore
Anjali
2020-06-08
In olden days locally available materials were used for construction of buildings. Materials like straw, bamboo, clay, bricks which were...
Canada, Brantford
Christina Mogk
2020-06-07
While construction used to be localized, it's increasingly difficult to get everything required for a project locally. Rather than showing...
France, Paris
Laura
2020-06-07
This photo is of the Philharmonie de Paris. It opened in 2015 after three years delay and a nearly doubled budget. France is a unique...
Ecuador, Quito
Andrea Vizcaino
2020-06-07
The house in the picture shown is made of cement which is a material Ecuador does not produce. In this case, the country encharged of...
Argentina, Rosario
Franco
2020-06-06
Well in the picture we can see a building made of concrete that is from my country but it uses carbon fibers to increase its capacity that...
Ecuador, Quito
Matias Bustamante.
2020-06-06
In this photo we can see various materials, in which stand out: wood, steel, ceramic, concrete. Some of these materials may be local,...
Ecuador, Quito
Roque Rivadeneira
2020-06-06
Between these photos it is possible to visualize the duality of buildings which can be appreciated in the vertical population growth in the...
India, Vijayawada
Source : Amaravati People's Capital site
2020-06-05
The image was taken on October 3 rd, 2018. Project Details : APCRDA MLA,MLC & AIS Housing Project, Rayapudi, Amaravati, Andhra Pradesh,...
Nepal, Kathmandu
Padam Bahadur Waiba
2020-06-03
My country is a developing country where the import of building materials such as steels, concrete, sand, galvanized sheet,etc is very...
Brazil, Curitiba
Marcela Leal
2020-06-03
In Brazil, when it comes to the matter of construction materials, many of those are produced internally. For example, Grupo Votorantin is a...
United Arab Emirates, Dubai
Gina Jaguttis
2020-06-02
This picture (self-taken) shows the Burj Khalifa in Dubai (UAE). It has a total height of 829.8m and is the tallest structure and building...
India, Ludhiāna
MONEY
2020-06-02
Every time you look at the big cities in the world you can see how many of them are unsustainable. Tropical countries adopt the...
Brazil, São Paulo
DE LIMA RIBEIRO,Thais
2020-06-01
This image shows a part of the São Paulo's downtown. Despite the high contributory power, the biggest city in Brazil is similar to any...
Australia, Sunnybank Hills
Mahomed Ayoob
2020-06-01
I chose this particular picture of my pergola in my backyard. As per the topics of the This includes concrete with pebbles inside. This...
India, Kotkapura
Himanshu Gupta
2020-06-01
in this building fly ash is used which is waste product generated after burning of coal and wood , hence fly ash is recycled and it reduces...
Venezuela, Barquisimeto
Isabel Andara
2020-05-30
I took this phto of this construction, theyre building it to make doctors´ offices, and medical laboratories that will offer treatment to...
Brazil, Boa Vista
Giulia Sousa
2020-05-30
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we are still in quarantine, which made it impossible to take a picture of the city, requiring the use of an...
Ecuador, Quito
Andrés Cornejo
2020-05-29
That photo of my room shows that in developing countries as Ecuador, the constructions have materials and products from many different...
Oman, ‘Ibrī
Humaid Mattar Salim ALShandoudi "kawas23"
2020-05-28
Cement and steel are the main materials in construction because concrete is the preferred method in our region, and due to the availability...
Italy, Ugento
Roberta Carluccio
2020-05-26
In the surroundings, local quarries were once used to make bricks. To build and cover the houses, lime mortar was used without cement but...
Indonesia, Bandung
by internet
2020-05-25
Microlibrary by Shau built by daily object which is bucket. These bucket used as lighting and facade in one way. Compared by concrete,...
Saudi Arabia, Riyadh
Azam Bakarman
2020-05-25
This image is a typical example that shows the activity of materials-globalized economy. It shows a housing building (villa) with various...
United Arab Emirates, Dubai
Dunya Gabouri
2020-05-22
I live in a city relay on construction to survive, for the last 10 years that i lived in Dubai, there was constant contraction; buildings,...
India, Kāraikkudi
Nivedha Jawahar
2020-05-22
This is a traditional house in Karaikkudi, Tamil Nadu, India. Tamil Nadu has a tropical climate. A traditional house in Karaikkudi has an...
United Kingdom, Salford
Iain Roberts
2020-05-22
The City of Salford is one of two cities and eight outer boroughs that make up Greater Manchester, UK. Salford and Manchester have both...
India, Ahmedabad
Nissarg
2020-05-21
The construction sector is evolving each day with the help of constant new innovation and technological advancement. India has been...
Qatar, Doha
Nadim
2020-05-21
This is a photograph of a typical motorway upgrade or new construction that can be found in most countries in the Middle East. The rapid...
Qatar, Doha
Nadim
2020-05-21
This is a photograph of a typical motorway upgrade or new construction that can be found in most countries in the Middle East. The rapid...
India, Sūrat
Mann Patel
2020-05-20
Here is a picture of Italian marble of course from Italy but it can be easily replaced by local marble or any other locally sourced...
United States, Albuquerque
Paul Sitzman
2020-05-20
The global supply chain is a huge determining factor in the cost and availability of building products all over the world. In my house, for...
Greece, Pátra
Xenofon Trachanis
2020-05-20
Stavros Niarchos Cultural Center Foundation's design and construction has sagnificantly contributed to the revitalization of Athens...
Cyprus, Paphos
Panagiota Tziourrou
2020-05-20
In Cyprus, because of the climatic conditions and the limited water there is not wood production, as a result to import timber from all...
Philippines, Baguio
Michael Sidler
2020-05-17
Note this picture is taken from the Internet...
India, Tirupati
BOGGU SIREESHA
2020-05-15
IN THE EUROPE OF THE MIDDLE AGES, craftsmen with varying levels of skill manufactured carts one at a time. Even the best of these carts...
India, Ahmedabad
Soham patel
2020-05-15
Here, the photo is of the central business district of the Singapore. Sentosa is the statue as the identity of Singapore. The marina...
Greece, Athens
Lydia Giokari
2020-05-15
The picture shows a construction site in Athens (Greece) in early construction phase. In Greece since the 1950s most of the buildings are...
Brazil, Votuporanga
Brenda da Silva Oliveira
2020-05-14
The photo was taken from a building in the hinterland of the state of São Paulo, a project for a food court at a school in the city of...
Brazil, Santa Maria
Lucas Roberts de Melo
2020-05-14
This is a building, the final product of the construction process. Analyzing its materials, from the extraction to manufacturing,...
Canada, Toronto
Ian
2020-05-14
Pictured here are a series of condominium developments in Toronto's Liberty Village neighbourhood. One of Canada's ten top imports is...
India, Borivli
Sampada
2020-05-12
Hello, This image is taken in borivali, India. Around 80-85% of India's construction is made in RCC (reinforced cement concrete) frame...
Pakistan, Islamabad
Saqib Hamid
2020-05-12
Nowadays we are trying to give our people a sustainable environment for living using the most efficient materials for buildings and ...
Iran, Tehran
Sepehr Semsar
2020-05-10
I live in the capital of Iran, which is called Tehran. Iran has a very diverse climate. Due to this climate diversity in Iran, the...
United States, New York City
Gregory Wilson
2020-05-09
In New York a lot of the apartment buildings that stand today were built in the early 1900s out of brick. The base materials for these...
United States, New York City
Gregory Wilson
2020-05-09
In New York a lot of the apartment buildings that stand today were built in the early 1900s out of brick. The base materials for these...
Japan, Tokyo
Iori Mori
2020-05-09
Tokyo Station, when restored back in 2012. The technology for Red bricks were originally from Germany, when the Japanese government has...
Thailand, Bangkok
Mike Amonlirdviman
2020-05-08
In Thailand we try to improve our constuction quality since our construstion worker are not having a certificate for that field. The...
Switzerland, Zürich
Amir Garibovic
2020-05-07
Some admixtures and aggregates for concrete as well as the marble will be imported. Also for the marble cutting process a diamond wire saw...
India, Pālampur
Kashish
2020-05-07
This image is of Dharamshala town which is near to Palampur City in the state of Himachal Pradesh. As visible in the picture, the terrain...
Maldives, Male
Shaam
2020-05-06
This is a leased property to build a 5 star hotel in collaboration with a Chinese construction company. All of the construction materials...
Brazil, Belo Horizonte
Karina Queiroz
2020-05-06
Source: VADA, Pedro. Camburi Community Center / CRU! Architects. 2018. Available at:...
Serbia, Novi Sad
Srdjan Z
2020-05-05
The brownish-facade-brick-like tiles that were used to cover the part of this newly built 3 storey apartment building, were produced in and...
Greece, Gýtheio
Ermioni Natsi
2020-05-03
Both of the buildings are located in the same agglomeration in Mani, a region on South Peloponnese, Greece (photo was taken on November...
Nepal, Kathmandu
Shishir Dhakal
2020-05-03
Yes, every building components have globalized economy. The building constructed is in Kathmandu. The aggregates and sand are imported from...
Lebanon, Beirut
Lucile Fahim
2020-05-02
This picture is preview in Beirut downtown of a project done by Zaha Hadid and Samir Khairallah & Partners. the complexity of design and...
India, Tirupati
GUMMANURU NEELAVATHI
2020-05-02
What do a pickup truck, a nail gun, a portable circular saw, a cement mixer truck, and a modern hydraulic excavator all have in common? The...
Italy, Milano
Matteo D'Amore
2020-05-01
this photo was taken in Piazza Gae Aulenti in Milan, in the Porta Nuova district, a modern district. As you can see, it presents buildings...
Tunisia, Tunis
Ghassen Becher
2020-05-01
Note: This image is taken from internet. This building is metallic construction. This is an example how Tunisia how use materials that are...
Iran, Isfahan
Edi
2020-04-30
mountain-village-abyaneh-iran(http://www.iranmarkaz.com/abyaneh-village/) The construction site of a building or a city and materials...
Argentina, Buenos Aires
manuel jaimovich
2020-04-30
se puede ver de la foto, los siguientes materiales: - madera - acero
Kuwait, Kuwait City
Haifaa AlKhedhari
2020-04-27
Prior to discovering oil, Kuwait’s main building material was mud brick, formed using local material. The material was perfect for Kuwait’s...
Kuwait, Kuwait City
Haifaa AlKhedhari
2020-04-27
Prior to discovering oil, Kuwait’s main building material was mud brick, formed using local material. The material was perfect for Kuwait’s...
China, Shanghai
MAXIMO CARLOS PERALTA
2020-04-27
Globalization in Shanghai, this three skyscrapers represent the current contemporary Shanghai, this buildings can be anywhere, they do not...
Lebanon, Beirut
Lucile Fahim
2020-04-24
This picture is taken in Beirut downtown. It shows a project done by Zaha Hadid and Samir Khairallah & Partners. the complexity of design...
Lebanon, Beirut
Lucile Fahim
2020-04-24
This photo is a view of the project done in Beirut Downtown by Zaha Hadid and Samir Khairallah architect & Partners. The use of high...
Lebanon, Beirut
Lucile Fahim
2020-04-24
This photo is a view of the project done in Beirut Downtown by Zaha Hadid and Samir Khairallah architect & Partners. The use of high...
Lebanon, Beirut
Lucile Fahim
2020-04-24
This photo represent a view of the project done in Beirut Downtown by Zaha Hadid and Samir Khairallah Architect & Partners. This project is...
Lebanon, Beirut
Lucile Fahim
2020-04-24
This photo represent a view of the project done in Beirut Downtown by Zaha Hadid and Samir Khairallah Architect & Partners. This project is...
Lebanon, Bcharré
Peter khoury
2020-04-23
This picture present a building of a hotel in the cedars area . we can see the existence of different materials like wood , cement , glass...
United States, Redmond
Christina Willmann
2020-04-22
The building materials (steel, concrete, tiles, stones,...) for this Waikiki Hawaiian Village Towers in Honolulu, Hawaii do mostly not come...
Romania, Constanţa
Kevser Erduran
2020-04-21
An image taken from my neighborhood.
Turkey, Ankara
Hicran Saka
2020-04-19
The most popular construction materials in this capital town is concrete and glazing. Turkey has some production of these materials but it...
United States, San Francisco
Sanyukta Bhagwat
2020-04-15
Location- Redwood shores, near San Francisco, United States The image is depicting an office building. Some points to be...
Germany, Berlin
Leah Hamilton
2020-04-15
This is the Israeli Embassy in Berlin. Through the middle you can see a large slab of stone - this is Jerusalem stone (brought from the...
Turkey, Malatya
Filiz Çelik
2020-04-14
Photo is taken by me in april2019.This place is Malatya City Museum.This building is one of the oldest building in the city.İt had been...
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Shu Ting Kelly Tang
2020-04-12
The HSBC Headquarters in Hong Kong is a high-tech building designed by Norman Foster in 1985. The 44-storey building is one of the...
Philippines, Quezon City
Christian Andro Nataño Madrogaba
2020-04-10
The construction industry has always been dependent with the networks of material manufacturing across the globe. This is a photo a racking...
Argentina, Buenos Aires
Ian Beatti
2020-04-09
In this picture you can see a building by architect Rafael Viñoly located in Buenos Aires. Although Argentina is a concrete and steel...
Argentina, Buenos Aires
Victoria
2020-04-09
Argentina produces both cement and steel, so reinforced concrete is mostly a local material. But curtain wall facades, as well as...
Ukraine, Kiev
Olga Vitkovska
2020-04-09
The residential building on the photo was built in approximately 1970s. At that time, no construction materials were imported, because...
Colombia, Medellín
Valentina Soto García
2020-04-08
One of the building materials that can be found in the image is concrete. The bridge called 'Puente Gilberto Echeverri Mejía' (found just...
India, Delhi
Neda Shakil
2020-04-08
Delhi being an advanced city uses Reinforcement cement concrete (RCC) as structural system because high rise construction is becoming...
Spain, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Víctor Quintana Ramos
2020-04-06
I am using the same picture that I used in the previous exercise, it is a good case I reckon. Gran Canaria is an island, we are naturally...
Spain, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Víctor Quintana Ramos
2020-04-06
I am using the same picture that I used in the previous exercise, it is a good case I reckon. Gran Canaria is an island, we are naturally...
India, Tirupati
DASARI ROOPA
2020-04-05
Computer-aided design, or CAD, is now a fact of life in the design-construction process. The benefits to the construction industry already...
Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur
Catja Straub
2020-04-05
Toilet bowls made from clay / vitreous china. Leading exporter of clay: United States & China
India, Gurgaon
anshu gupta
2020-04-03
This is an ongoing project in Gurgaon which is designed by a Japanese company. This is an electrification department office building with...
Netherlands, Zoetermeer
Vincent van Oostrom
2020-04-03
This is a former office building in Zoetermeer, transformed into 22 apartments. To make more outdoor space for the residents, to every...
India, Kānchipuram
Sathya Shankar T
2020-04-03
The photo is a traditional house in Kanchipuram, India built out of loam walls and clay tile roofs which are locally available.
Spain, Madrid
Berta
2020-03-31
First of all, the image is not mine, it is taken from the Internet, since it is currently a constructive material that is being...
Panama, Panamá
AMALIA TOBIO
2020-03-29
RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS IN PANAMA CITY Panama is a small country with a great role in international trading, because of the Panama Canal....
United Kingdom, London
James Collister
2020-03-28
I live in Tottenham Hale, which is an area in northern London. As can be seen in the photo taken from my house, there is a lot of...
Brazil, São Paulo
Arizla Olivieri
2020-03-26
This picture show us that in Brazil the cement is the most popular material to constructions (everything are made with cement), because it...
Armenia, Yerevan
Arman
2020-03-26
In Yerevan most people use cement and steel in order to construct buildings, however I think it will be really great to give more...
France, Lille
Fabien Saulier
2020-03-24
This picture is from an allotment in the suburbs of Lille composed of approximately 100 houses of the same design and building materials...
France, Lille
Fabien Saulier
2020-03-24
This picture is from an allotment in the suburbs of Lille composed of approximately 100 houses of the same design and building materials...
Netherlands, Breda
Rick
2020-03-24
The outflow tray of a rainwater sewer system, made out of concrete and stainless steel (the grate) The concrete originates from a...
Denmark, Vejle
Ondrej Slunecko
2020-03-22
Visible materials and their origin: Cembrit panels - Factories of Cembrit are located in Finland, Hungary, Czechia and Poland - all of...
United States, New York City
Ines Dobosic
2020-03-20
I spent some hours going though my photos and every time I found some to post, I couldn't find out the origin of material. Life cycle of...
Ecuador, Quito
MARCELO PENAHERRERA
2020-03-17
The new developing areas in the city has no planning, and is necessary to deploy a plan in order to design new forms of construction
Spain, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Jorge Castro
2020-03-16
This topic is very interesting for me because we live in a small island in the middle of the Atlantic, although we belong to Europe, we are...
Saudi Arabia, Riyadh
Hashem Eshky
2020-03-16
as one can observe in this picture, Riyadh is a city in a deserted area " middle of the desert ". Riyadh got influenced by the...
Netherlands, Eindhoven
XAVIER, Mário
2020-03-12
In the photo it is possible to observe a strong façade of a building. This façade incorporates iron structures, and bricks assembled...
India, Tirupati
CHALLA VADDE THARUN KUMAR
2020-03-10
The world is confronted with many challenges that have the potential to severely impact well-being and happiness of our societies. Climate...
India, Tirupati
T.RAMA DEVI
2020-03-10
The world is confronted with many challenges that have the potential to severely impact well-being and happiness of our societies. Climate...
India, Tirupati
T.RAMA DEVI
2020-03-10
The world is confronted with many challenges that have the potential to severely impact well-being and happiness of our societies. Climate...
Portugal, Porto
Melissa Almeida
2020-03-07
In this picture, we can see the interaction between old buildings and a new one (from Pedra Líquida architects). The new building also...
India, Pune
Vaishnavi Sanjay Deshmukh
2020-03-06
This is a metro project in Pune. Here the following materials have been imported - the grade of rail on main lines should be 1080 Head...
Germany, Berlin
Jessica Meier
2020-03-03
Construction site for a new residential building in Berlin/Germany. Typical is the use of cement and steel. Germany is producing steel...
Canada, Toronto
ANDREW GEORGE MARSHALL
2020-03-01
This image shows the multitude of material sources that go into our homes in Canada. From the rooftop down. Roofing materials - global...
Lithuania, Vilnius
Liudas Mikalkevicius
2020-02-23
As the construction depicts the process of finding, processing, transporting and assembly of the material, I decided to show one of the...
China, Chengdu
frederick wong
2020-02-20
The steel, glass and concrete used in the construction of these towers may not be found in the vinicity of the site. This causes economic...
Lebanon, Beirut
iakovos katsipis
2020-02-19
The extensive use of convectional lighting is energy consuming. There are not environmental and renewable lighting applications that will...
India, Ādoni
I.SWATHI BHAVANI
2020-02-18
Concrete can be made from ground-up rubbish and recycled plastics. By doing so, it reduces greenhouse gas emissions and creates a new...
Canada, Terrace
Katelyn McKeever
2020-02-17
In this image you can see: Large logs - in this case, likely sourced within the country the building is located (Canada) Metal roof -...
Colombia, Cali
Juan David Barona
2020-02-11
Construction is globalized because the materials that we use even in developing cities are made in other countries and imported to these...
Colombia, Bogotá
Danny Sandoval C.
2020-02-11
This building, one of the Atrio's Towers complex, constructed in the downtown of Bogotá - Avenue el Dorado with cra. 15 - is the perfect...
Brazil, São Paulo
Lucas Santos Martins
2020-02-06
This photo it is my future kitchen here in Brazil. This kind of kitchen is call here of "American kitchen" that makes metion of the commom...
Colombia, Puerto Santander
Paula Monastoque
2020-02-04
This is a photograph of a 'Maloca', is a building made of materials from the Amazon forest in Colombia such as wood and palm leaf, mainly....
Germany, Clausthal-Zellerfeld
_Alesia_
2020-02-03
There is an old church on the picture. This building was built originally from local materials. But now, by the reconstruction, the church...
Greece, Pátra
Efstratios Sakellariou
2020-01-28
the steel is made and imported from france
Argentina, Luján de Cuyo
Sofia Ivars
2020-01-28
Here we can see a clear example of the globalized economy, although in Argentina iron, brick, cement and wood are produced, the...
Argentina, Buenos Aires
Noelia Virginia Lind
2020-01-25
When you walk around the foyer of the auditorium of the Nueva Sede de Gobierno de la Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, this is what you see....
Panama, Panamá
Eliezer Cortes
2020-01-15
This is a picture taken by me in Panama, Panama city, a place called Bella Vista. This is a place where there are many buildings with more...
Norway, Bjørkelangen
Christos Tziotas
2020-01-15
This is a drinkingwater pipe that was put in the ground, but bought from a local supplier that has imported the pipes from another country....
Moldova Republic of, Chişinău
Anatolie Gordeev
2020-01-15
Globalized economy kills identity and sustainable development
France, Paris
Christophe DAVID
2020-01-14
This is a photograph of the extension of the metro network of the "Grand Paris" project. For the extension of metro lines, tunnel boring...
France, Paris
Christophe DAVID
2020-01-14
This is a photograph of the extension of the metro network of the "Grand Paris" project. For the extension of metro lines, tunnel boring...
Colombia, Bogotá
Francisco Landazábal
2020-01-14
To be honest, most of the materials in the construction industry in Colombia are sourced locally, since there is a mature industry of...
United States, Racine
Steve Reeves
2020-01-13
Globalized Economy in Building Construction... This is a photo of the Racine Heritage Museum on historic Main St. in downtown Racine,...
France, Courchevel
Ekaterina Levinzon
2020-01-02
In this photo, you can see a simple wooden house, style of which is very popular in the French Alps. Nearly all of the houses in the Alps...
India, Bengaluru
Vijay Renu
2019-12-30
In this picture we see construction of an elevated metro station and viaduct. This project is a collaboration between the state and...
United States, Houston
Recycling
2019-12-26
Here in Houston, concrete is used mostly on all our road, overpass, drainage, and structures. however with the growing population, and...
Germany, Munich
Rene Breyer
2019-12-20
This picture was taken in Munich (Germany) and shows the "Lenbachhaus", a museum in the centre of the city. The museum consists of two...
Indonesia, Banjar Bali
ED
2019-12-08
Bamboo Wall
New Zealand, Auckland
Desire Sitchon
2019-12-04
Timber framing is New Zealand's traditional method of house construction. As a result people think of timber first, even though other...
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Hongkonger
2019-12-02
The bricks were used for the pedestrian pathway, and now are “re-used” for as barriers on the traffic road by the protesters in order to...
Brazil, Aracaju
Mário César Teixeira de Souza Júnior
2019-12-01
Street Anísio Azevedo, city of Aracaju, Sergipe, Brazil, november 29th 2019 at 5:56 PM. This is a Picture of the construction of a sewer...
Switzerland, Zürich
Sibilla Bondolfi
2019-11-29
This Building at Kreuzplatz in Zurich (new building of Migros) consists partly of exposed concrete. Switzerland has to import part of...
Iran, Shiraz
Azam Altaf
2019-11-24
When you look at my country, you can see how many of buildings are unsustainable. Tropical countries adopt the constructive pattern of...
United States, California
Ramir Antonio
2019-11-21
The US is the world's top steel importer. The value of steel shipped into the US was just over $29 billion in 2017. Nearly 17% of steel...
Saudi Arabia, Riyadh
Walter Fuereder
2019-11-11
This is metro in King Abdullah Road, Riyadh I dont think that they used cement only The construction is a sample for global economy,...
Lebanon, Beirut
Celine Yazbek
2019-11-07
It is very important to take into consideration the climate change and the environmental issues that our world is facing today. The use of...
Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur
Caroline B
2019-11-07
This photo from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, provides evidence to the statement that “almost every building contains components of a globalised...
Ethiopia, Addis Ababa
Getaneh Lemma Jiru
2019-10-29
Commercial Bank of Ethiopia is the state owned bank served in the sector for the last 76 years. The Head Quarter (HQ) of the Commercial...
Lebanon, Beirut
Office building - Jean-Claude Al-Khalil
2019-10-28
The material used in this residential building are concrete, glass , steel and aluminium panels. Concrete is being manufactured in lebanon...
United States, Pittsburgh
Andrew J Mrotek
2019-10-02
This image of downtown Pittsburgh is a visual timeline of how building materials used to be local but are now sourced globally. In front is...
Austria, Vienna
Remus Matei
2019-09-22
More or less, every new building contains elements of a globalized economy, but what about a completely new city? The aspern Seestadt,...
Brazil, Divino das Laranjeiras
Gustavo Givisiez
2019-09-16
It isn't a good photo. But it was taken by me and it is the photo of a floor structure that was constructed at least 150 years ago, in an...
Brazil, Divino das Laranjeiras
Gustavo Givisiez
2019-09-16
It isn't a good photo. But it was taken by me and it is the photo of a floor structure that was constructed at least 150 years ago, in an...
China, Guangzhou
Xiaoli Wei
2019-09-14
It is a stool made of Cassia siamea wood. The plant grows in the regions of Southeast Asia, as well as in my region. I bought it online to...
Nepal, Nepalgunj
Arda Gocmencelebi
2019-09-05
Earthbag technology has emerged as the building method best suited to rebuild rural Nepal after its devastating 2015 earthquake. All of...
Argentina, Buenos Aires
María Luján Blanco Sciancalepore
2019-08-31
I show as an example the Ezeiza airport built with steel, concrete and glass, and a structure that allows the great lights that can be...
Argentina, Buenos Aires
María Luján Blanco Sciancalepore
2019-08-31
I show as an example the Ezeiza airport built with steel, concrete and glass, and a structure that allows the great lights that can be...
Guinea, Conakry
Alkhaly Mohamed Tahey Condé
2019-08-31
This company Siemens export materials and equipments in Guinea for the solar energy systems.And some enterprises established in the...
Brazil, Porto Alegre
Roberto Hübner Barcelos
2019-08-31
Gremio Football Stadium during construction phase in 2012. Built in Brazil, but designed and built by a Portuguese company, following...
United States, Vero Beach
Selin Cengiz
2019-08-30
In Vero Beach which is a small town located at South of the United States.Houses are all old and all were built in single store way and...
United States, Vero Beach
Selin Cengiz
2019-08-30
In Vero Beach which is a small town located at South of the United States.Houses are all old and all were built in single store way and...
India, New Delhi
Vidushi Agarwal
2019-08-30
On the right of the image is the localized construction techniques still practiced in the rural districts of India. The structure is...
Brazil, Itajaí
André Nascimento Costa
2019-08-29
In this imagem, we can see a structure made by reinforced concrete, which is made by steel. This steel came from Turkey and the reason is...
India, Thiruvananthapuram
Deepansha
2019-08-29
In a country like india which has diverse topography and abundance of various types of materials that are venacular can be seen used in the...
Brazil, Itapetininga
Ronaldo Adriano Zavan
2019-08-29
Olá! Sou de Guareí, São Paulo, que tem cerca de 18 mil habitantes, mas não tinha na lista, somente a cidade vizinha Itapetininga. Mostro...
Pakistan, Islamabad
Hadia Azed
2019-08-28
Early construction took the material directly from the vicinity of the construction site. Clay, stone and wood in various variations were...
Brazil, Recife
Pablo F D Nogueira
2019-08-28
Hi, I'm Pablo F D Nogueira from Recife/Brazil. I think that in Brazil we have a particular situation about the building construction....
Brazil, Recife
Mariana Rodrigues dos Santos
2019-08-28
This photo was taken on my trip to Rio de Janeiro last year. The selection of materials was made based on environmental criteria, giving...
Lebanon, Beirut
Grace Youhanna
2019-08-27
In this photo we see a commercial building in Sin el Fil area in Lebanon, with a large glazed façade covering a noticeable portion of it....
Korea South, Seoul
James Seo
2019-08-26
Lotte World Tower opened April 2017 and is currently the tallest building in South Korea. Project Data Facade: Philippines--ALT...
India, Visakhapatnam
MEENAKSHI
2019-08-25
The photo reflects the global influence of construction materials. A residence which was built using sustainable material and due to...
United Kingdom, London
Ruben Gayarre
2019-08-24
Maybe there is no more important MATERIAL for the construction of a building than CAPITAL. It is truth that traditional locally made...
Greece, Ioánnina
MARINA VENETI
2019-08-23
The image has been taken from the side of the outdoor swimming pool pointing at the poolside bar of the The 5-star Epirus Palace Hotel And...
Colombia, Bogotá
Gabriel A Calderon
2019-08-22
The picture shows a building that i was building with my classmates in 2013 in one activity of the university, the material that we use...
India, Mumbai
Reema
2019-08-22
I took this picture of burj al arab while on holidays in dubai. Construction work on Burj Al Arab began in 1994 and involved 3000 companies...
South Africa, Cape Town
Anthony Daniels
2019-08-21
Headquarters of City of Cape Town's Water and Sanitation Department. Attempt at reducing cement usage in construction. this is the trend....
India, Hyderabad
Karthik Reddy Awala
2019-08-21
Many cities in India are fast developing when compared to the previous decade. The main construction material in the industry or the...
Iran, Tehran
meysam
2019-08-17
I my city, Tehran The high price of land has made it possible to use all dimensions permitted for construction so So most buildings are...
Iran, Tehran
Niloufar Amiri
2019-08-17
I want to talk about "Milad tower" Which is the tallest tower in Iran, the sixth tallest telecommunication tower in the world and فhe...