Related Links: Ferrante Hall official web page A Conversation with the Design Team (Video, 2:22) Thanks in great measure to an 80-ft x 20-ft falsework platform that rose 50 ft from the bottom of a deep fissure in Syracuse, N.Y., Onondaga Community College will soon have its new music building and bridge its gorge, too.The design architect's idea to span a two-story building across a 200-ft-wide fissure and link the east and west sides of the State University of New York campus was music to the ears of college officials, who initially had conventional sites in mind. But crossing the

Related Links: Maglev Moves From Trains to Tranes Opening Up Mechanical Spaces (requires login) One of the top medical institutions in the Middle East, the King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, is adding 176,515 square meters of medical space and 167,225 sq m of landscaped underground parking. A central challenge to the job is to keep the buildings cool in the hot desert climate.Desert construction is no walk in the park. Riyadh's temperatures can range from -2° C in winter to 44° C in summer. Warm weather lasts from May 14 to September 27, with