Apr 21
After a year of ballooning costs, delays, and controversy over its labor practices
Apr 16
Time bender Michael Shainblum works his time lapse magic on a place where I would totally believe magic still exists: Doha, Qatar. He shows the bustling new city of skyscrapers and constant construction next to the old world and its ancient culture. Just going around the city will feel like time traveling.
Apr 08
N25o 31.019’E050o51.948′: You need a set of GPS coordinates to visit Richard Serra’s newest work, which stretches more than a half-mile through the Qatari desert.
Mar 17
Here in the U.S., the arrival of a new tunnel boring machine is huge news, warranting naming ceremonies
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Feb 26
Qatar’s overtly yonic World Cup facility has also been the cause of a staggering number of construction deaths
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Nov 22
Graffiti we’re going to miss, more cokehead politicians, doomed vagina stadiums, and your weekly Rob Ford report. It’s time to check in once again to see What’s Ruining Our Cities.
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Nov 18
Don’t hate Zaha Hadid’s new World Cup stadium because it looks like a vagina
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Sep 25
Grim news has emerged from Qatar, where preparations for the 2022 World Cup are underway. Even though construction on the stadiums has yet to begin, The Guardian reports that the working environment for Nepalese migrants amounts to slave labor. And it’s probably going to get worse.
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Sep 28
The World’s Largest Aluminum Smelter Dealt 585,000 Tons of It Last Year [Monster Machines]
Posted in: Today's Chili
The Qatalum smelter in Qatar is the largest, highest output aluminum smelter in the world. With a mind-boggling 704 individual smelting pots, it produces upwards of 585,000 tons of aluminum each year. That’s a lot of Coke cans. More »
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