TED Talks
TED: The natural building blocks of sustainable architecture | Michael Green
If we're going to solve the climate crisis, we need to talk about construction. The four main building materials that humans currently use -- concrete, steel, masonry and wood -- have a heavy environmental impact, but what if we had a...
TED Talks
Skylar Tibbits: The emergence of "4D printing"
3D printing has grown in sophistication since the late 1970s; TED Fellow Skylar Tibbits is shaping the next development, which he calls 4D printing, where the fourth dimension is time. This emerging technology will allow us to print...
TED Talks
TED: How Syria's architecture laid the foundation for brutal war | Marwa Al-Sabouni
What caused the war in Syria? Oppression, drought and religious differences all played key roles, but Marwa Al-Sabouni suggests another reason: architecture. Speaking to us over the Internet from Homs, where for the last six years she...
TED Talks
Michael Green: Why we should build wooden skyscrapers
Building a skyscraper? Forget about steel and concrete, says architect Michael Green, and build it out of … wood. As he details in this intriguing talk, it's not only possible to build safe wooden structures up to 30 stories tall (and,...
TED Talks
Rogier van der Heide: Why light needs darkness
Lighting architect Rogier van der Heide offers a beautiful new way to look at the world -- by paying attention to light (and to darkness). Examples from classic buildings illustrate a deeply thought-out vision of the play of light around...
Curated Video
Thermal Comfort in Buildings Explained - HVACR Design
Learn the different factors which affect our thermal comfort in buildings and how we control these conditions using HVACR. We also look at how to optimise the design and efficiency of our built environment using CFD simulations. FREE...
The Wall Street Journal
Showcase: A 3-D Printed Solution for Homelessness
A look at how 3-D printed dwellings could make housing more affordable and alleviate homelessness in some cities.
NASA
The Invisible Network: 08. Form and Function | NASA's The Invisible Network Podcast
"Form follows function" is an oft-cited architectural axiom. In space, form doesn’t necessarily follow function. Human space habitation is rooted, by necessity, in pragmatism. The architectures of Earth won’t work in space, but there is...
The Wall Street Journal
How We Can Prepare for the Next Pandemic
Prof. Linsey Marr, a leading expert on airborne viruses, discusses learnings from the past 18 months about how viruses travel and mutate, and the ways in which we can prepare for future outbreaks.
Bloomberg
Saint-Gobain President: There Is a Huge Demand for Housing
Mark Rayfield, Saint-Gobain North America President & CEO, joined Alix Steel and Guy Johnson on "Bloomberg Markets: Americas" Wednesday morning. Rayfield told the anchors there is still a huge demand for housing in the United States...
Curated Video
Scene at border crossing, soldiers drilling
1. Wide of Friendship Bridge in Dandong,China, on the border with North Korea
2. Vehicle preparing to cross the bridge
3. Lorry driving onto the bridge to cross into North Korea
4. Second lorry driving onto the bridge to cross into North...
Curated Video
BOSNIA: SOLDIERS EVACUATED AS FLOODS DESTROY MOSTAR BASE UPDATE
Natural Sound
French Foreign Legion soldiers have been evacuated from their base near Mostar in southwestern Bosnia after a dam burst, engulfing their camp in raging torrents of water.
Heavy rainfall had caused the River Neretva to rise...
Curated Video
SYND 23/08/1969 THE MONSOON FLOODS VILLAGES AND KILLS ABOUT 12 IN WEST BENGAL STATE DISASTER
After heavy rains severe flooding affects parts of Bengal.
1. GV of a man walking across a flooded bridge
2. CU of an official pointing to the flooded area
3. MS of the official helping other villagers across the knee deep flood water
4....
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SKorea proposes new talks with NKorea
1. Mid of South Korean Unification Ministry spokesman briefing
2. Close of reporters
3. SOUNDBITE: (Korean) Chun Hae-sung, South Korean Unification Ministry spokesman:
"To prevent this kind of incident (on Imjin River) from happening...
Curated Video
North Dakota prepares for more flooding
Officials in the flood-plagued city of Moorhead have asked about one-third of the households in the city to evacuate ahead of the rising Red River, which broke a daunting 112-year high early on Friday and breached one of the dikes...
Curated Video
Red River breaches a dike, pouring water into a school campus
Fargo, North Dakota
1. Pull out from tree trunk to building submerged in partly-frozen water with roof sticking out
2. Close of water on ground at campus of Oak Grove Lutheran school
3. Wide of muddy puddle
4. Pan of sandbags
5. Wide...
Curated Video
Barcelona prepares for the dry season one year after a severe drought
Sant Roma de Sau, June 17, 2009
1. Wide shot of Sau water reservoir at maximum capacity
Sant Roma de Sau, April 29, 2008
2. Wide shot of Sau water reservoir empty with medieval village exposed
Sant Roma de Sau, June 17, 2009
3. Mid shot...
Curated Video
WRAP Red River breaches a dike, pouring water into a school campus
Fargo, North Dakota
1. Pan from close up of tree trunk to building under water with roof sticking out
Moorehead, Minnesota
2. Wide shot of house with snow and water
Fargo, North Dakota
3. Pan of congregation of Triumph Lutheran Brethren...
Curated Video
Garbage creates artificial dam Transylvania river
1. Wide shot of garbage and plastic bottles forming a garbage dam on the River Olt
2. Plastic bottles floating
3. Workers removing bottles from the river
4. Various of volunteers, others throwing garbage in a pile
5. SOUNDBITE...
Curated Video
Flooding from Tropical Storm Gamma kills 3
1. Pan left swollen river to Guaymas bridge destroyed by rains and high waters
2. Rushing water, pull out to wide destroyed road bridge
3. Closer shot Guaymas bridge
4. Various of people walking through flooded streets carrying their...
Curated Video
Drought threatening wildlife in Australia's Murray Darling basin
AP Television News
Clayton, South Australia, 30 August 2009
1. Wide of jetties surrounded by grass on dry foreshore
2. Pull out from boat stranded on grass to wide of former wetlands
3. Wide of birds in small lake surrounded by grass...
Curated Video
WRAP Scores missing after Indonesia dam bursts; 77 dead
1. Wide of flood-damaged area
2. Various, military personnel and police officers clearing flood-damaged area
3. Man cutting tree with chainsaw
4. Workers moving tree trunk
5. Various, police personnel with sniffer dogs
6. Body bag on...
Curated Video
WRAP Aftermath of dam burst which killed at least 77
1. Wide of sunrise over Cirendeu
2. Wide of damaged part of dam
3. People walking through water
4. Pan as military personnel pass
5. Wide of military personnel at briefing
6. Various of police, and rescue workers searching through...
Curated Video
Chilly temperatures slow rise of swollen Red River
1. Pan from house to flood water
2. Wide of homeowners
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) John Erickson, homeowner:
"As you can see the water is at about 41 feet, and it is usually about 8 to 12 feet, flood stage is 18. So we are a solid 22 feet I...