Kim O’Connell, Author at Redshift EN

Kim O’Connell

Kim O’Connell is a Washington, D.C.–area writer specializing in history, nature, architecture, and life. In addition to writing for a range of national and regional publications, she is a former writer in residence at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts and Shenandoah National Park. She can be reached via her website, kimaoconnell.com.

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Architecture

5 Ways Digitalization Fosters a Collaborative Culture in Architecture

by Kim O’Connell

Learn how digitalization and information sharing helped one architecture and engineering firm cultivate a more collaborative—and productive—design approach.

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Infrastructure

Will Gannett Fleming’s SKYPORT Help Uber Take Ridesharing Up in the Air?

by Kim O’Connell

As the world’s population urbanizes, congestion is becoming untenable. Uber SKYPORT is betting that small-footprint, driverless flying machines will be the answer to traffic woes.

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Architecture

The Late Zaha Hadid Leaves Behind a Masterpiece (Theatre) in Rabat, Morocco

by Kim O’Connell

After her death in 2016, Zaha Hadid’s unfinished projects are living on. One masterpiece, the ambitious Grand Theatre, is poised to become the Sydney Opera House of Rabat, Morocco.

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Manufacturing

Looking Into the Face of Humanity’s Future With the Clock of the Long Now

by Kim O’Connell

Looking 10,000 years into the future has been the purview of science fiction, but building the Clock of the Long Now is a scientific and existential project on an epic timescale.

Dubai's Museum of the Future.

Architecture

Dubai’s Museum of the Future Is Shaping Up as the World’s Most Complex Building

by Kim O’Connell

With its floating form, windows in Arabic calligraphy, and space-age finish, Dubai's Museum of the Future might be the most complex building ever built.

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