Reading List 08/29/26

·Construction Physics··

Morning in the Tropics by Frederic Edwin Church, via WikiArt.Welcome to the reading list, a weekly roundup of news and links related to buildings, infrastructure, and industrial technology. This week we look at sinking London homes, US magnesium manufacturing, the World Humanoid Robot games, catastrophic flooding in Nepal, and more. Roughly 2/3rds of the reading list is paywalled, so for full access become a paid subscriber.Housing and CitiesNew home sales are down 6.3% year over year. [Calculat...

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