Sacyr's Blog

Dark, gloomy and cave-like, that's how Des McNulty, chair of Glasgow’s Festival of Architecture and Design, describes the entrance to the Scottish Parliament. We analyse why this and other buildings are considered the ugliest on the planet.

According to the US Geological Survey, an average of 55 earthquakes occur every day. Engineers and architects are looking for new building materials and structures that can withstand strong shaking.

Some creative artificial intelligence tools have sparked controversy in the art world, but it's not the only sector they could transform. Midjourney and DALL·E 2, for example, aim to transform the work of architects.

Using skyscraper lifts to store energy when there's a surplus and generate it when it's scarce. That's what a team of researchers aims to achieve with a new gravity-based system, details of which have been published in the journal Energy. We analyse the potential and the limitations of this technology.