EdX User Stories
On this page you will find a list of stories uploaded by edX students.
United States, Atlanta
Stuart Robinson
2018-06-15
My images shows ongoing construction for a children's hospital in Atlanta, GA, USA. For both the interior structure of the hospital on the...
United States, Phoenix
Alexander Kycyku
2018-06-10
This is a typical house in Phoenix, AZ built in 2007.Houses are designed and built with materials able to resist heat and constant...
Greece, Athens
Alexis
2018-06-07
In Greece, the most common material of construction is reinforced concrete, our buildings should be very strong to adapt in earthquakes so...
South Africa, Johannesburg
Axel
2018-06-04
This picture shows a profile of different construction materials, we have: 1.Laterite; use for layer works and common fill in general. ...
Sweden, Helsingborg
Henrik Wilhelmsson
2018-06-03
There is a lot of building going on in Helsingborg right now. I do not really feel qualified enough to say what buildning materials that...
Spain, Málaga
José María Rodríguez
2018-06-02
The photo shows various materials manufactured in the country of origin of the photo. What you can see, is how auxiliary tools and...
Uruguay, Montevideo
Sebastian Silva
2018-05-29
As you can see in the picture, this is the construction of a residential building next to my house. Its foundations are mostly cement and...
India, Ahmedabad
Maitri Pujara
2018-05-28
Hello, Manavsadhna activity center is indeed an epitome of integrated architectural design which attempts to resolve several perennial...
Mexico, Oriental
Mauricio Espinoza
2018-05-22
A building of cement and steel in a small city in the state of Puebla. Most poor people auto build their houses and cement and bricks are...
Philippines, San Pablo
Jhamil Magnaye
2018-05-20
This is my grandmother's house. The house is roughly 70 years old, of course they do some renovations. The house is originally made of...
United States, California City
Scott Plude
2018-05-19
This is a newly constructed community center in my city. The building permits required ten percent of the structure to be locally sourced....
Switzerland, Zürich
Robert Gori (gorirobert@gmail.com)
2018-05-18
Dear All I would like to bring as example the 25hours Hotel in Zürich, locate in one of the busiest streets in Zurich. In this module...
Canada, Ottawa
Kristin Atwood
2018-05-13
In this picture you can see a portion of a building covered in a tarp, with a crane in the foreground behind a construction fence. The...
France, Paris
Blake
2018-05-13
While many of the buildings of Paris are very old and at the time constructed with mostly local materials from Europe, this is no longer...
Thailand, Bang Ban
Morgan Bolze
2018-05-10
The sky scrapers in Bangkok are mainly constructed from steel and reinforced concrete. Most of the steel is imported from China as a...
India, Vadodara
disha bhatt
2018-05-09
Number one would be rain water, that falls on our rooftops, lanes, parking spots, and green territories. The greater part of the water not...
India, Gurgaon
2018-05-04
Gurgaon, a city located in Haryana, India, is known as a financial & technology hub, and has a large number of high-rise business buildings...
Brazil, Belém
Deborah Lobo
2018-05-03
As the world become more globalized we see structures from all over the World. For example, this construction was from one of the...
Greece, Sitia
Zervakis Charidimos
2018-04-30
In this photo are appearing sore roofs and some balconies of 5th and 6th floors of some apartments blocks. These buildings are typical...
Romania, Bucharest
Marius Vlad Constantinescu
2018-04-30
This picture was made near the Camil Ressu boulevard, in Bucharest. As you can see the image shows two blocks of flats, one newly...
Sweden, Stockholm
Alžbeta Laurincová
2018-04-20
I work in the central Stockholm and every day I pass one of the biggest construction projects, Slussen (water locks, transport, new...
Dominican Republic, Santo Domingo
Juan Jose Tejada
2018-04-18
The picture chosen shows the interior of the Butterfly Pavilion, at the Botanical Garden, in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. In a sort...
Philippines, Mandaluyong City
Peter Angliongto
2018-04-16
This is a picture of my house under construction. It's in the tropics, subject to typhoons and earthquakes. We chose to build with I beams...
France, Baccarat
Fabiano
2018-04-16
Hi everyone, my name is Fabiano, this image was not taken by me. But as we can see this building has its bamboos as adornment for its...
Austria, Krems an der Donau
Stephan Schmatz
2018-04-15
My name is Stephan Schmatz. The photo shows the building of the "NÖ Landesgalerie" (Art gallery of the federal region of Lower Austria) in...
Spain, Valencia
jeremi d'aguanno
2018-04-10
In the city of Valencia , place were i made my erasmus to can distinguish two kind or achitecture , in fact , the firs half of the building...
Ecuador, Quito
HERNANDO SANTILLÁN
2018-04-06
The historic downtown, meanwhile the construction of the first metro in the country is in process, sharing the old and ancient plaza, 400...
United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi
Valenrg
2018-04-04
The Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi is a great example of globalization, while representing a symbol of the islamic religion the materials needed...
Cote d'Ivoire, Grand-Bassam
Bako
2018-04-03
I took this picture during my last holidays in Bassam (Ivory Cost), and after having watched the video over the topic of Building...
Brazil, Porto Alegre
Celso Pessanha Machado
2018-04-02
In Brasil there are many materials for building produced in China. This light fixture is a good example.
United States, Minneapolis
Matthew Hodes
2018-04-02
New retail and office building space in uptown area. Building materials so far are concrete, glass, and steel. All being shipped in from...
Russia, Kolomna
Lena
2018-04-01
Brick, concrete panels are the main materials for the construction of residential buildings, both in the past and now. Their mass use in...
Argentina, San Miguel de Tucumán
Carmen Andrade Zamora
2018-04-01
The main material used in the place where I live is the masonry wall of ceramic brick ... this material mainly comes from the exploitation...
Portugal, Lisbon
Paulo Coimbra Lopes
2018-03-30
We can see in this photo two monuments of the city of Lisbon. In the foreground the Museum of Electricity. A coal-fired power plant that...
Georgia, Tbilisi
Irine Tsuladze
2018-03-26
Construction of multi functional building in the center of Tbilisi. Building materials: Reinforced Concrete - cement(Georgia),...
Mexico, Santiago de Querétaro
Axel Eduardo Solares Ambrosio
2018-03-23
This picture depicts mostly local materials. This building is a 3 stores house I built. The walls are made of red bricks brought from a...
Ecuador, Guayaquil
Nicole Espinosa
2018-03-20
The city of Guayaquil known as the Pearl of the Pacific has been embellished with the construction of majestic sites with high-quality...
Albania, Tirana
Adonel Myzyri
2018-03-18
This is one of the oldest part of the city, and all the surrounding buildings are constructed with a very specific local material, adobe,...
United Kingdom, London
Leah
2018-03-15
Old Spitalfields Market still maintains its heritage of building construction from the Victorian area. This is evident from the brick...
Brazil, Rio de Janeiro
Amanda Azevedo Sá Brito
2018-03-05
This picture shows the construction of a new conventions center in Rio de Janeiro, but this building could be placed in anywhere in the...
The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Kumanovo
Bisera
2018-03-03
The building in uploaded picture shows us construction progress of house in Kumanovo, which is contain three constructive system: primary...
South Africa, Johannesburg
Carmen Tecklenburg
2018-03-02
i am Carmen and submitting this picture from Johannesburg in South Africa, what you see here is a large new development of office...
South Africa, Johannesburg
Tim Ewart
2018-03-01
South Africa like other African countries has a massive infrastructure gap. Fortunately as one of the developing country, it is in the...
Armenia, Yerevan
poya sohrabi
2018-02-27
YEREVAN THE CITY OF TUFF STONE DURING THE CENTURIES YEREVAN THE CAPITAL CITY OF ARMENIA WHICH LOCATED ON THE ARART VALLEY BENEFITS FROM...
Colombia, Cartagena
Ana Maria Cabrera Camacho
2018-02-27
Cartagena a City that emerged in the caribic coast, Mosts of ist Population live under the line of poverty and another small part live in...
India, Nagpur
Twinkle Kataria
2018-02-27
The picture was taken at Firodiya centre for inspiration, snehalaya at Ahmednagar in Nagpur. While considering construction to be a...
United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi
Lee In Sung
2018-02-27
This is a picture of grand mosque located in UAE. UAE is right in the middle of a dessert, meaning most of the construction materials are...
Sweden, Falun
Christopher Pickering
2018-02-21
This is a photo of the copper mine in Falun, Sweden. The orange-coloured material is the iron oxide by product of removing the copper. Just...
Thailand, Bangkok
HERVE BESSOU
2018-02-19
View of the "Lumpini skyline" from my studio- Bangkok - Thailand On the background of this picture, we can see that the new buildings...
Japan, Tokyo
Hong-Lin Chen
2018-02-18
This was taken from a museum area in Fujikawaguchiko-machi, Yamanashi-ken, Japan. Not sure material are from loca town, but at least...
Thailand, Ko Lanta
Maria Lampe
2018-02-15
This picture shows a restaurant on the island of Ko Lanta in Thailand. The materials are as far as I can tell: wood, plastic and steel. I...
Thailand, Ko Lanta
Maria Lampe
2018-02-15
This picture shows a restaurant on the island of Ko Lanta in Thailand. The materials are as far as I can tell: wood, plastic and steel. I...
United Kingdom, London
Karl-Ander Kasuk
2018-02-14
Although United Kingdom has factories for glass, bricks, aluminium, concrete, steel, etc, it is developed using the global market. The...
United States, Las Vegas
Arch Sergio Ortez
2018-02-12
In this picture we can notice some materials as glass, wood, iron, cement, canvas. Not all of these materials belong to the global economi,...
Singapore, Singapore
2018-02-10
In Singapore, this is a picture of a hostel, the newest one in Nanyang Technological University. Construction materials need to be imported...
Brazil, Maceió
ISABELLE MISSANO
2018-02-09
One of the classics of Brazilian architecture is the famous Gustavo Capanema building, designed by the architect Lúcio Costa and team. This...
Norway, Oslo
Halvor Bjørnstad
2018-02-08
This photo is taken from a new subway station in Oslo. It depicts a fresco painting inside the station. Fresco is a technique of painting...
Singapore, Singapore
Sebastian Hoe Wee Kiat
2018-02-07
Construction materials from Malaysia used in Singapore.
Singapore, Singapore
Sebastian Hoe Wee Kiat
2018-02-07
Construction materials from Malaysia used in Singapore.
India, Bhubaneshwar
ASESH SARKAR
2018-01-28
Local material is laterite stone when it is a city of temples living for thousands of years, yet new building has come up with concrete...
Switzerland, Zürich
Ramya Usha Lalitha
2018-01-25
This photograph is taken in Altstettan, Zurich. It is right at the Altstettan railway station. This place is one of the upcoming areas in...
Peru, Huánuco
Jorge Luis Rosales Vigo
2018-01-24
Cathedral of the city of Huánuco, Peru The cathedral church is the first building built in the city, it uses concrete and reinforced...
Greece, Árgos
2018-01-23
In both photos the material used is the glass. We see that the whole construction is made of it and some of the walls have been constructed...
United Kingdom, London
cristian
2018-01-21
In this photo taken in London we can see from the architectural style elements of economic globalization. From the windows produced in...
Azerbaijan, Qax
Aygul
2018-01-20
In recent years there is a large volume of construction and infrastructure in the country projects are being implemented. We have a lot of...
Singapore, Singapore
Fiona Nixon
2018-01-18
Materials and technologies are shared globally, but also design skill and services. Property developers in new markets are hiring 'proven'...
Netherlands, Zeist
Surabhi Som
2018-01-15
The photo here shows the ongoing work for a building construction in the city centre. There are different things being used such as steel,...
United States, New York City
2018-01-14
With the period of time changes in construction components are observed. This approach resembles globalized economy. In this picture we...
Russia, Moscow
Julia
2018-01-14
This photo was taken in Moscow Zaryadye park in September 2017. This park is a result of am international expert team in urban planning...
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Chu Tak Kim
2018-01-14
Most of the buildings use the same materials to build it. This because the preferred construction method is steel reinforced concrete. This...
Ecuador, Quito
Davd
2018-01-14
Not only materials, but also construction systems come from abroad. In the picture presented a piece of a vault the First Metro Line of...
Colombia, Bogotá
Benjamin Villa
2018-01-14
"Construction used to be a localised activity, but with the advancement of construction processes and construction materials almost every...
Malaysia, Tanjung Tokong
Vincent Lee
2018-01-09
The project is called The Tamarind by E&O Properties which is located at Seri Tanjung Pinang at the North of Penang. In Malaysia we...
United States, Las Vegas
Arch Sergio Ortez
2018-01-06
The place where the photo was taken is the strip in Las Vegas, in the photo you can see much visible information such as lighting, for...
Canada, Longueuil
Francois Deschamps
2017-12-28
Picture was not taken by me. But from...
Belgium, Brussels
jonas van poucke
2017-12-27
Building materials: - Aluminium: mostly produced by the mineral Bauxiet. The top tree minning countries are Australia, china and...
Netherlands, Breda
Sietse Touker
2017-12-19
This picture shows a new building along Vlaszak in the city center of Breda, the Netherlands. New buildings in the Netherlands have to be...
Serbia, Belgrade
Vladimir Kunitc
2017-12-13
This is an older picture of the construction phase of Ada Bridge. It is now complete and is a symbol for the city. The bridge was built...
Serbia, Belgrade
Vladimir Kunitc
2017-12-13
This is an older picture of the construction phase of Ada Bridge. It is now complete and is a symbol for the city. The bridge was built...
Ecuador, Cuenca
CRISTIAN
2017-12-13
This is a nica example of how the construction business has been "evolving". This is a column of a kind of vernacular church in Ecuador,...
Netherlands, Zwolle
Natasha
2017-12-11
I am agree with the definition: 'almost every building contains components of a globalized economy'. Most of the time the designers are...
South Africa, Johannesburg
Cornelius Joubert
2017-12-07
We are very fortunate in South Africa in that we are a producing nation. We produce almost all our own construction materials:...
Netherlands, Rotterdam
Noor Schräder
2017-12-03
The picture shows the building site for the ‘Collectiegebouw Boijmans van Beuningen’ in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. The picture is taken on...
Netherlands, Rotterdam
Noor Schräder
2017-12-03
The picture shows the building site for the ‘Collectiegebouw Boijmans van Beuningen’ in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. The picture is taken on...
India, Ahmedabad
v s chan
2017-12-02
This is a photo of construction site where the work is in progress in the night. It is quite likely that the steel has been imported from...
Ecuador, San Miguel
GUALBERTO ARMIJOS NUÑEZ
2017-11-30
I am an architect and I also build buildings, in this case we see the photograph you can see the use of steel for the conformation of the...
Spain, Alicante
Juan Francisco Carot Martin
2017-11-27
Picture of the Court House in Alicante. They´re restoring some of the inside rooms and they're using new tales (you can see them under the...
Kuwait, Kuwait City
MANAL ALAJMI
2017-11-27
In Kuwait, almost every single element used in construction industry now a days has a global impact either by being imported as final...
Poland, Poznań
Kamil Pubanz
2017-11-22
Picture depicts office building under construction. We can see building materials produced in many countries like styrofoam or tar paper...
Mexico, Puebla
Pedro Anton Cortes
2017-11-18
This 40 story building shows how material are used in this location specially in this part of Puebla that is growing in a very accelerated...
Mexico, Dolores Hidalgo Cuna de la Independencia Nacional
Eber Saúl Vera Contreras
2017-11-15
Dolores Hidalgo is a Colonial City in México, which contains a several number of ancient buidings. For this reason, traditional building...
United Arab Emirates, Dubai
Filip De Weerdt
2017-11-13
This is a picture of the nearly finished Burj Khalifa, taken end 2008. Almost all of the sand, mixed in the concrete of this building was...
Netherlands, Rotterdam
Stefano Gariglio
2017-11-11
The skyscraper is the typical example of accumulation of building material coming from all over the world. Rotterdam has built many of...
India, Āgra
Elke M. Liebert
2017-11-05
The Taj Mahal (/ˌtɑːdʒ məˈhɑːl/, more often /ˈtɑːʒ/;[3] meaning Crown of the Palace[4]) is an ivory-white marble mausoleum on the south...
Switzerland, Zürich
Livia Breitenstein
2017-10-31
A house in Switzerland contains many imported materials. Stones from Italy, building techniques from Germany… The reason is not always...
United States, Sacramento
Cameron Law
2017-10-25
This is a picture of the Downtown commons in Sacramento, California USA. The main buildings of interest in this picture are the arena and...
United States, New York City
Aishwarya Trivedi
2017-10-13
This picture was taken during sunset in Queens, New York showing the boom of construction progress in the economy of a predominantly...
Brazil, Presidente Prudente
Michelle Rossetti Fernandes
2017-10-11
This construction (of a house), that involves materials and construction techniques very common here in the city of Presidente Prudente and...
Brazil, São Paulo
Carlos Hatae
2017-10-01
It was installed in Sao Paulo a place called Japan House where exhibitions exposes components of japanese culture. Taking advantage of...
Peru, San Antonio
Alejandro Torero
2017-09-28
In this project, build in a rural area in the Peru-Colombia border, were used local materials as well as imported ones from other countries...
United Kingdom, London
Stephane
2017-09-27
I stumbled on this building when I found out about it's award through RIBA. This is an apartment block with a brick exterior but on the...
Mexico, Mexicali
Ana Garate
2017-09-25
The constructive system in this building was steel structure with light walls. In Mexicali, Mexico (located in the northern border), almost...
Hungary, Budapest XIV. kerület
Beata Konig
2017-09-25
This photo was taken in a suburban area of Budapest. The products of four companies are visible, none of which is Hungarian owned, but one...
Brazil, Rio de Janeiro
Ana Luisa Maffini Machado
2017-09-24
This photo shows the building of the ministry of education and health in Rio de Janeiro. It is a proper example of the concrete and glass...
Netherlands, Rotterdam
Natasha
2017-09-14
I agree with the statement: 'almost every building contains components of a globalized economy'. As example I would like to tell about the...
Turkey, Ankara
fatih
2017-09-14
This is an adobe.Made from mix of loam,straw,clay and sand.Then this mixture is formed like brick and await under the sun.Then these adobe...
Brazil, Joinville
Jorge Rank Neto
2017-09-13
This is a building locate in Joinville SC Brazil, it is a residential apartments, this construction built in armed concrete and fulfill...
Denmark, Aars
Frederik Pedersen
2017-09-13
First: I apologies for the bad picture. Second: The city is not Aars but Aarhus. Pictured here is a the new light tram and it is a...
United Arab Emirates, Dubai
Paloma Prasad
2017-09-11
This picture was taken by me outside my University and shows one of the blocks. One of the most common materials used during the...
Costa Rica, Cartago
Diego Gutiérrez
2017-09-07
Vertical construction in Costa Rica is rapidly increasing, the use of materials from other countries is common, here is common to use...
Romania, Bucharest
Costel Nastac
2017-09-04
Residential building , construction in progress. The building has been performed with construction materials from different countries: ...
Nigeria, Abuja
odiachi sylvester
2017-08-29
The picture above happens to be one of my previous jobs. As you can see from the image we have majorly iron steel and aluminium which are...
Greece, Ioánnina
Eva
2017-08-26
In Budapest, old and new are quite combining and balancing each other in harmony.Along with the tradional barroque-style buildings...
Brazil, Belo Horizonte
Marcos Davi Mattos Guimaraes
2017-08-22
The picture shows a building in Brazil that was built in a "style" and with an entire building logic that was originated abroad, inside a...
Jordan, Amman
Hala
2017-08-22
Jordan is the city of concrete buildings , residential and commercial . After 2000 the building starts to take another identity with...
Spain, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
-evelyn
2017-08-21
Nearly all building materials on this site are an example of the globalized economy. It´s true that the Canary Islands is part of Spain it...
United States, Los Angeles
Kevin
2017-08-21
Watts Towers | While not a physical structure for use other than artistic purposes, the materials come from all over the world. Artist...
Japan, Tokyo
WIndsor Montage
2017-08-19
This is a building I got off the internet in Japan that uses globalized building material. It is the home of the Faculty of Political.
Spain, Donostia / San Sebastián
Jorge Otaegi
2017-08-19
This photo was taken by me a few years ago, in the construction process of an extension for Zuloaga School, in San Sebastian. It shows a...
Japan, Fukuoka
Yuichi Oka
2017-08-12
These buildings are an apartment complex for rent in Fukuoka city in Japan. The main building materials are concrete, rebar, steel frame...
Thailand, Krabi
Mike Scheer
2017-08-09
While I spent time in Krabi, Thailand recently, I snapped this photo of a temple at the base of Tiger Cave Temple near Krabi, Thailand. The...
China, Chongqing
LIU BEI
2017-08-05
This is "Yingli international financial center" located in the city centre of Chongqing. The construction of this building involved...
Brazil, Embu
Ana Paula Prado
2017-08-03
In this picture taken by me in mid June, 2017, we can see a myriad of construction materials, although all buildings look unfinished. ...
Brazil, São Paulo
Bianca Fachin
2017-08-01
My picture describes a process of reuse of water. This tunnelling is on Brazil - Sao Paulo and it has been constructed for Line 05, Purple....
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
William A. McIntyre
2017-07-31
"Construction used to be a localised activity, but with the advancement of construction processes and construction materials almost every...
India, Kolkata
Shiladitya Roy
2017-07-30
Here I wanted to focus on the new upcoming residential building of Kolkata - atmosphere. The material used here are Steel, cement and...
Mexico, Mérida
Jorge Pech
2017-07-29
This is the city New cultural facility named "Palacio de la Música". I Think is very interesting because is a modern construction located...
Mexico, Mérida
Jorge Pech
2017-07-29
This is the city New cultural facility named "Palacio de la Música". I Think is very interesting because is a modern construction located...
Germany, Lörrach
Niclas Preiss
2017-07-25
The stones were taken from a quarry in Switzerland. The rubber for the pool liner was extracted in South America and South-East Asia. ...
United States, San Francisco
Judah Marsden
2017-07-17
I do not own the rights of this photograph. This photograph was taken in a favela in Brazil. An example of a material which is...
Saudi Arabia, Al Hufūf
eslam Helmy Zekry Abd ElGalil
2017-07-10
The picture contains many construction products, and the strange thing is that most of those materials that are not all of them are...
India, Aurangabad
Prajakta Chaudhari
2017-07-09
Reference: Ulkanagari, Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India The picture chosen is of a residential building being developed for upper middle...
India, Bhopal
Shubha Bamney
2017-07-09
This photograph which i have uploaded as a reference is taken from the internet. This is a picture of the newly constructed cable stayed...
Spain, Madrid
Marcos Vazquez
2017-07-05
Faced with a shortage of public housing, the City of Madrid commissioned Foreign Office Architects to create a sustainable multi-unit...
Norway, Oslo
Mandy Neuenfeld
2017-06-30
The Picture shows a builing site for student housing in Oslo. The original building from the sixties currently gets rehabilitated,...
Brazil, São Paulo
Guilherme C. Monticelli
2017-06-29
I live in Brazil and most of construction materials are made nationaly. I find it difficult to see any external construction material that...
Mexico, León
roberto herrera
2017-06-27
In Mexico, traditional construction system based on reinforced concrete (steel, cement, gravel, cement and water), bricks and glass is very...
United States, New York City
Fernando Ceña Martínez
2017-06-26
CASE: New York City Transit, Subway SOURCE:...
United States, New York City
Fernando Ceña Martínez
2017-06-26
CASE: New York City Transit, Subway SOURCE:...
United States, New York City
Fernando Ceña Martínez
2017-06-26
CASE: New York City Transit, Subway SOURCE:...
India, Kovalam
Mayank Gupta
2017-06-23
In the picture above we can easily see the versatility of the materials used in the interiors of the building of the Leela Resort, the...
India, Udaipur
deepak bhojak
2017-06-22
this construction work shows us that the foundation and the construction in this the reinforcement steel rcc, straw, everything like cement...
Thailand, Bangkok
pypk
2017-06-21
This architecture is nightclub at Pattaya. The design is mixture between the transformation of "Thai Architecture" and modernize society....
Brazil, São Carlos
Lara Kovacs
2017-06-21
In Brazil the most known type of construction is masonry, mud bricks were the most popular way to build something, with the years bricks...
Mexico, Orizaba
Marco Benitez
2017-06-20
The picture shows a beautiful building that use to be the Town Hall, it was designed by Gustave Eiffel and brought from Belgium piece by...
Switzerland, Basel
Shintaro Miyazaki
2017-06-19
This is a picture of power cables, which come after the building is finished, but usually still belongs to its construction and is an...
Mexico, Mexico City
Felipe Lima
2017-06-19
Steel and glass highrises found in Mexico City, showing the globalization process of building construction.
Mexico, Mexico City
Juan Garcia Almaguer
2017-06-19
This picture is from BioPappel building. in Polanco, MExico City. The building is really new, just couple of years ago it was made. In...
Canada, Victoria
Alessandra Weiss
2017-06-18
This photo was taken from a water taxi approaching the Johnson St. Bridge in Victoria, B.C. The new bridge is the largest infrastructure...
Turkey, Maltepe
Bengisu
2017-06-18
The metarials used in this building are concrete, steel, roof tile and etc. Turkey is the eighth counrty in the world according to...
India, Thiruvananthapuram
Pappal Suneja
2017-06-18
As we are able to see there are a variety of building materials used in the façade of a residence in Trivandrum, Kerala. The material used...
United States, Los Angeles
Christopher Ohara
2017-06-17
"Construction used to be a localised activity, but with the advancement of construction processes and construction materials almost...
United States, New York City
Oriol Paez
2017-06-16
Empire State Building The Empire State Building located in New York City is one of the most recognized pieces of architecture in the...
United States, New York City
Oriol Paez
2017-06-16
Empire State Building The Empire State Building located in New York City is one of the most recognized pieces of architecture in the...
Germany, Düchelsdorf
Epameinondas Venetsanos
2017-06-15
The tallest building in the city. A 241-meter telecommunication tower, the tower's observation deck offers some amazing views. As an added...
India, Auroville
Kartik Isaac
2017-06-14
This picture depicts the solar thermal collector which produces steam for cooking at the Solar Kitchen in Auroville, India. The involvement...
Canada, Toronto
LORENA CANALES
2017-06-14
I took this picture in July 2015, this view of Toronto shows the evolution of the constructions materials. The image shows the old city...
United States, Cumberland
Robert Edward Smith
2017-06-13
Located in Cumberland, MD, this building houses a branch of the bank called BB&T. The building construction includes materials such as...
Netherlands, Amsterdam
2017-06-13
DISCLAIMER: I do not own this picture. The picture is owned by Guadua Bamboo. Bamboo is one of the construction materials whose import,...
United Kingdom, Sheffield
Maria Maria
2017-06-12
In Sheffield and in the areas nearby there are plenty of building materials available: bricks, steel, timber and stone. However, the trend...
Burkina Faso, Ouagadougou
Myriam Moisan
2017-06-11
This picture reveals the increasing use of concrete blocks in a developing African country: Burkina Faso. The cement is now used in every...
Poland, Warsaw
Joanna Fabiszewska
2017-06-11
This module of Future Cities course is devoted to the topic of building construction. In detail, it tells more about the effects of...
Sweden, Kalmar
Christoffer Eriksson
2017-06-10
This photo was taken on a field trip to Kalmar with my current school "Linnéuniveristy". The construction site is planned for three...
Turkey, İstanbul
Elif Yasemin Azaz
2017-06-10
The building in the photo is the medical center in the district that I live. The building's façade in the photo shown is covered with...
Canada, Ottawa
Andres Pena-Cabra
2017-06-09
In this picture, you can see in front of you a gigantic arachnid sculpture, which guards the entrance to the National Art Gallery at your...
Denmark, Sønderborg
Frederike Molt
2017-06-08
Traditionally Denmark is a small country with limited resources. Due to the lack of forest and, thus wood, are the traditional building...
Mexico, Monterrey
Juan Pablo Armendariz
2017-06-08
As stated in the videos, the most common construction method in Mexico is reinforced concrete. Even though Monterrey has one of the biggest...
Australia, West Wollongong
Greg McPherson
2017-06-08
The Sydney Harbour Bridge was built in the 1930's. All of the steel used in its construction was produced and fabricated about as far away...
Ecuador, Quito
Galoget Latorre
2017-06-07
The picture was extracted from the Internet, due to the lack of this kind of living place in my area. In this image, we can see a hovel...
Greece, Thessaloníki
Roxani Gkavra
2017-06-06
Instead of showing a material I chose to upload a picture which shows the globalization of construction on a different way . In the picture...
Saint Lucia, Castries
Electric Pole
2017-06-05
In St. Lucia, building materials (cement, steel, etc.) are imported regionally and internationally. Modern architecture require us to do...
Tunisia, Sousse
salem bouaziz
2017-06-05
globalization become the idea of this century. because of the development of fast information, the facility of transport, every country...
India, Bengaluru
Renny I John
2017-06-05
This is the photo of a newly constructed Automobile showroom in Bangalore. As can be seen from the photograph this building uses Glass...
India, Jaipur
Saheel Birewar
2017-06-04
building- World Trade Park, Jaipur this building houses both a shopping arcade and office complexes. this building is designed by...
India, Ghāziābād
Ayushi Agarwal
2017-06-04
This is the picture of a building being renovated in my neighbourhood. RCC and bricks are the major construction materials along with...
India, Ahmedabad
Sushmitta Renganathan
2017-06-02
The picture above is of the interior of 'Amdavad ni Gufa', an underground gallery inspired by the concept of caves and subdued lighting,...
New Zealand, Thames
Anna Bulkeley
2017-06-02
This is a great example of how architecture, construction techniques and materials have developed in New Zealand, even in a rural town such...
United States, New Town
Donna R Wood
2017-06-01
In 2005, the construction of the new Four Bears bridge was completed. The materials required for the bridge, as well as the majority of the...
Paraguay, Filadelfia
Iulia Dorobantu
2017-05-31
Hi! I took this photo during an international workshop i did in April, in Filadelfia, Paraguay. The house in construction is situated in a...
Kazakhstan, Almaty
Madi Mukhametaliyev
2017-05-31
The photo shows an old building constructed in 1970s but with a facade renovated in 2016. This is a good illustration of materials used in...
India, Mumbai
Adnya Naik
2017-05-31
This Images is captured on the site for one of my projects in the Kharghar area of New Mumbai. The image depicts expansive use of concrete...
Netherlands, Amsterdam
Aliyya Laksmiandari
2017-05-30
Foreign companies utilize existing buildings and provide income for the city.
Netherlands, Enschede
Joost
2017-05-30
This is an old image of when the stadium in enschede collapsed during renovations. Note - I did not take this image, it comes from...
United States, Washington, D.C.
Boston (by Nicholas Swedberg)
2017-05-29
The attached image shows the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, DC, during construction. At this point...
Netherlands, Enschede
Emile Menard
2017-05-28
This is a picture of a Building in Enschede, the Netherlands. This country is below sea level, which means they had to drain the water to...
India, Chandigarh
Harish Gupta
2017-05-28
This photograph is from city of Panchkula one of the satellite towns of Chandigarh. It is a Shopping mall with CINEMAX. The picture shows...
Brazil, São Paulo
Francesca
2017-05-24
Here is a view from a high rise of downtown Sao Paulo, Brazil. You can easily see that the vast, vast majority of building are made of...
Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh City
Pham Minh Thanh
2017-05-23
The building construction in Vietnam, especially the urban areas in Ho Chi Minh City is lartly affected from the globalized economy. There...
Malta, San Pawl il-Baħar
Rachel Cluett
2017-05-21
Here we can see components of a globalised economy through the Black Aluminium railing. most probably sourced from the world's leading...
Bahrain, Manama
Amal Hassan
2017-05-21
Castle of Bahrain
United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi
Anushree Rajhans
2017-05-19
The picture shows a construction site for a residential building. After visiting various construction sites in Abu Dhabi, I have realized...
South Sudan, Rumbek
DavidGurak
2017-05-17
The globalization of building construction materials and techniques has undoubtedly altered the way funeral burials being conducted even...
Lithuania, Vilnius
Rasim Gadirov
2017-05-16
This is ,,Europa Tower'', the tallest skyscraper in the Baltic states. Cement, pavement, paint and concrete are in Lithuania.
Lithuania, Vilnius
Rasim Gadirov
2017-05-16
This is ,,Europos bokštas'' (eng. European Tower). This skyscraper is highest in Baltic states. Cement, pavement, paint and concrete are...
United Arab Emirates, Dubai
Daniarazzak
2017-05-16
The Economic growth in Dubai City is visible through the vast amount of projects done in the last decade, as well us it was used smartly to...
Switzerland, Verbier
Mélanie Droogleever Fortuyn
2017-05-15
Wood was cut and brought from Switzerland. Appliances such as toilet, sink and tap were manufactured brought from Germany. Tiles were...
Netherlands, Enschede
Titus venverloo
2017-05-15
The building on the right is called the nanolab, it houses international experts in the field of nanobiology and nanotechnology. It was...
Peru, Lima
Guisella León Torres
2017-05-15
In the picture we can look at different materials and building constructions in the same space. In the left we can see a building of...
Brazil, Brasília
Bruno
2017-05-12
Mercosul Building in Brasilia, it had most materials brought up from other parts of the country and world. it`s design unites modern ways...
Mexico, Mexico City
Yves Silva
2017-05-11
In this image there are three buildings. However, we will focus only in the one closer to us. Its name is "Estela de Luz" and it was built...