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Solar-powered desalination unit
A solar-powered desalination unit is a water-treatment system that uses heat or photovoltaic electricity from sunlight to remove salt from seawater or brackish water, producing fresh water off-grid.
Soldier Field
Soldier Field, opened in Chicago in 1924 as Municipal Grant Park Stadium, is a lakefront stadium and memorial best known as home of the Chicago Bears.
Solidia CO2-curing cement technology
Solidia CO2-curing cement technology is a process in which low-lime calcium silicate cement hardens by reacting with carbon dioxide instead of water, developed by Solidia Technologies.
Solidia low-lime cement cured with CO2
Solidia Cement is a low-lime calcium silicate cement developed by Solidia Technologies that hardens by reacting with CO2 instead of water, cutting concrete's carbon footprint by up to 70%.
Solomon's Pools
Solomon's Pools (Birak al-Marji', Burak Suliman): three stepped ancient reservoirs southwest of Bethlehem, Palestine, heart of an aqueduct system supplying Jerusalem for about 2,000 years; oldest parts late 1st century BC, Lower Pool Mamluk or Roman.
Solomon's Temple (בית המקדש הראשון)
Solomon's Temple, also called the First Temple, was the temple in Jerusalem described in the Hebrew Bible as built by King Solomon and destroyed by the Babylonians in 587/6 BCE.
Somerset House
Somerset House, formerly known as Denmark House, is a neoclassical building on the Strand in central London, rebuilt by William Chambers in 1776 to 1801 and now a center for the arts.
Somnath temple (सोमनाथ)
The Somnath temple (सोमनाथ), also called Somanatha, is a Hindu temple of Shiva at Prabhas Patan in Gujarat, India, revered as the first among the twelve jyotirlinga shrines.
Sone Canal System
The Sone Canal System is a gravity-fed irrigation network in southern Bihar, India, diverting the Sone river at Dehri; conceived in 1853 and completed in 1874, it made Shahabad the rice bowl of Bihar.
Sonestown Covered Bridge
Sonestown Covered Bridge, also called Davidson Covered Bridge (PA/38-57-03), is an 110-foot Burr arch truss bridge built c. 1850 by Sadler Rogers over Muncy Creek in Davidson Township, Sullivan County, Pennsylvania; National Register listed 1980, NRIS 80003640.
Songdo International Business District
Songdo International Business District (송도 국제업무단지) is a master-planned smart city district on reclaimed land in Incheon, South Korea, developed by Gale International and POSCO E&C.
Songgwangsa
Songgwangsa (송광사, 松廣寺) is a Seon monastery of the Jogye Order at Jogyesan mountain near Suncheon, South Jeolla Province, one of Korea's Three Jewel temples, known for producing sixteen national preceptors.
Soo Locks
The Soo Locks, also called the St. Mary's Falls Ship Canal, are navigation locks at Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, that lift ships between Lake Superior and Lake Huron.
Sorek Desalination Plant
The Sorek Desalination Plant is a seawater reverse-osmosis plant on Israel's Mediterranean coast near Tel Aviv, producing 624,000 m³ of drinking water daily, about 20% of Israel's municipal water demand.
Sound stage
A sound stage is a large, soundproofed building on a film studio lot where sets are built and filmed under full control of sound and lighting.
South Bridge
South Bridge, also called Crowthorpe Bridge, is an 18th-century seven-arch limestone bridge over the River Nene between Oundle and Barnwell, Northamptonshire; a scheduled monument (NHLE 1003627) and Grade II listed building, distinct from Edinburgh's South Bridge.
South of the Border (attraction)
South of the Border, also known as Pedroland, is a Mexican-themed roadside attraction and rest stop in Hamer, South Carolina, just south of the North Carolina line on Interstate 95.
South Quay Plaza
South Quay Plaza is a Foster + Partners-designed residential development of high-rise apartment towers at Canary Wharf on the Isle of Dogs, London, delivering about 1,284 homes, its 68-storey Hampton Tower reaching 215 m.
South–North Water Transfer Project
The South–North Water Transfer Project, also called the South-to-North Water Diversion Project (南水北调), is the world's largest scheme moving Yangtze water to China's dry north, operating since 2014.
Southeastern Anatolia Project
The Southeastern Anatolia Project (Turkish: Güneydoğu Anadolu Projesi, GAP) is Turkey's regional development program for the Euphrates and Tigris basins, begun in the 1970s and built around 22 dams and large-scale irrigation.
Southern Crossing (San Francisco Bay)
The Southern Crossing is a proposed automobile bridge across San Francisco Bay south of the Bay Bridge, first planned in 1946, proposed over a dozen times, and never built.
Southwark and Vauxhall Waterworks Company
The Southwark and Vauxhall Waterworks Company, formally the Southwark and Vauxhall Water Company, was a private London water supplier formed by an 1845 merger, remembered for John Snow's 1854 cholera investigation.
Southwest Palace at Kalhu
Southwest Palace at Kalhu (Nimrud): an unfinished 7th-century BCE Assyrian royal palace in the citadel's southwest corner, attributed to Esarhaddon; distinct from Sennacherib's larger Southwest Palace at Nineveh, and noted for its columned halls and reused orthostats.
Soyang Dam (소양강댐)
Soyang Dam (소양강댐), also known as Soyanggang Dam, is South Korea's largest dam, a 123 m rockfill dam on the Soyang River completed in 1973 that supplies much of the Seoul capital region's water.
SP 63.13330
SP 63.13330 (СП 63.13330.2018), "Concrete and Reinforced Concrete Structures. General Provisions," is the Russian national design code for concrete structures, in force since June 2019.
Space frame
A space frame, also known as an octet truss, is a three-dimensional structural system of triangulated members that spans large column-free roofs for stadiums, hangars, and exhibition halls.
Space Needle
The Space Needle is a 605-foot observation tower in Seattle, Washington, built for the 1962 World's Fair and the tallest structure west of the Mississippi River at completion.
Space planning
Space planning is the process of arranging rooms, functions, furniture, and circulation within a building so the layout supports intended use, producing floor plan options.
Space syntax
Space syntax is a set of mathematical and computational techniques for analyzing building and street layouts, relating spatial configuration to movement and social behavior, built on graph theory.
Spaceship Earth (Epcot)
Spaceship Earth, also known as the Epcot Ball, is a dark ride inside a large geodesic sphere at Epcot in Walt Disney World, Florida, opened in 1982.