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Ellwood Zimmerman House
The Ellwood Zimmerman House was a 1950 mid-century modern residence in Brentwood, Los Angeles, designed by Craig Ellwood for Martin and Eva Zimmerman and demolished in 2024.
Elmina Castle
Elmina Castle, also known as São Jorge da Mina, is a Portuguese-built fortress in Elmina, Ghana, from 1482, now the oldest European structure in sub-Saharan Africa.
Elsie de Wolfe
Elsie de Wolfe (1865–1950), later Lady Mendl, was an American interior decorator and the first professional decorator in the United States, known for light colors and the aesthetic "light, air and comfort."
Elsinore Arch
Elsinore Arch, also called the Elsinore Tower, is a castellated limestone gateway in Cincinnati, Ohio, built in 1883 as a valve house and entrance to Eden Park.
Eltz Castle
Eltz Castle (German: Burg Eltz) is a medieval castle in the hills near the Moselle in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, first mentioned in 1157 and owned by the Eltz family for 34 generations.
Elwha Dam
The Elwha Dam was a 105-foot hydroelectric dam on the Elwha River on Washington's Olympic Peninsula, built from 1910 to 1913 and removed in 2012.
Elwha River dam removal project
The Elwha River dam removal project (2011–2014) demolished two hydroelectric dams on Washington's Olympic Peninsula, the largest dam removal in history, reopening over 70 miles of salmon habitat.
Ely S. Parker
Ely S. Parker, born Hasanoanda and later known as Donehogawa, was a Tonawanda Seneca engineer and Union Army officer who served as Ulysses S. Grant's military secretary.
Élysée Palace
The Élysée Palace (Palais de l'Élysée), also known as the Hôtel d'Évreux, is a Paris town house built 1718 to 1722 that has been the French President's official residence since 1871.
Embankment (canal)
An embankment in canal engineering is a raised bank of earth, or earth and masonry, carrying a canal above the surrounding ground so it can cross valleys in a level line.
Embankment dam
An embankment dam, also called an earth dam, is a dam built from compacted soil or rock rather than concrete, with earthfill and rockfill as its two principal types.
Embodied carbon
Embodied carbon is the total greenhouse gas emissions from producing, transporting, and assembling building materials, one of the two halves of a building's carbon account alongside operational carbon.
Emerging Objects
Emerging Objects is an Oakland, California 3D printing company co-founded by Ronald Rael and Virginia San Fratello, known for inventing printable building materials including salt and cement polymer.
Emily Warren Roebling
Emily Warren Roebling (1843–1903) was an American builder and businesswoman who guided the Brooklyn Bridge's construction for roughly eleven years while her husband, chief engineer Washington Roebling, was ill.
Emissarium of Lake Nemi
Emissarium of Lake Nemi (Emissario del lago di Nemi): ancient underground drainage tunnel, about 1,650 m long, regulating the volcanic lake near Rome; probably 5th-4th century BC, reused in 1928 to recover Caligula's ships.
Empire State Building
The Empire State Building is a 102-story, 1,250 ft Art Deco skyscraper at 350 Fifth Avenue, New York, built in 1 year and 45 days (1930-1931) by Shreve, Lamb & Harmon; famous for its mooring mast, observatories, Depression-era struggles, and 2010 green retrofit.
Empire style
The Empire style is the late phase of Neoclassicism in architecture, furniture, and decoration that developed in France under Napoleon and flourished from about 1800 to 1815.
EN 1990
EN 1990, titled Eurocode: Basis of structural design, is the head document of the European structural Eurocode suite, setting safety, serviceability, and durability requirements for structures.
EN 206
EN 206 is a European standard prepared by CEN titled Concrete – Specification, performance, production and conformity, covering specifying, producing, and assessing concrete; its successor parts appeared in 2026.
En suite bathroom
An en suite bathroom is a bathroom joined directly onto a bedroom, for the use only of the people occupying that bedroom rather than opening onto a shared corridor.
Engineered cementitious composite
Engineered cementitious composite (ECC), also called strain-hardening cementitious composite or bendable concrete, is a fiber-reinforced cement material that stretches over 300 times more than ordinary concrete.
Engineering News-Record
Engineering News-Record, or ENR, is an American weekly trade magazine covering the construction industry, best known for its annual rankings of the largest contractors and design firms.
Engineering Structures (journal)
Engineering Structures is a peer-reviewed journal covering structural engineering research, from buildings and bridges to earthquake and wind engineering, published by Elsevier since 1978 and appearing 24 times a year.
Engineering technician
An engineering technician, sometimes abbreviated EngTech, is a worker who supports engineers in testing, drafting, inspection, installation, and maintenance, typically entering the field with an associate degree.
Engineering, procurement, and construction
Engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC), also called turnkey contracting, is a project delivery model in which a single contractor handles design, procurement, and construction, usually for a fixed price.
Engineers Australia
Engineers Australia, formally the Institution of Engineers, Australia, is the national peak body for engineers, founded in 1919, which accredits engineering education and assesses migrants.
English country house
An English country house, often called a stately home, is a large house or mansion in the English countryside serving as the center of a landed estate.
English Gothic
English Gothic is the Gothic architecture of England, developed from French ideas from about 1150 into a distinct style divided into Early English, Decorated, and Perpendicular periods.
Enhanced biological phosphorus removal
Enhanced biological phosphorus removal (EBPR) is a wastewater treatment process in which polyphosphate-accumulating microorganisms, cycled anaerobically and aerobically, take up phosphorus that leaves with the waste sludge.
Ennis House
The Ennis House, also known as the Ennis-Brown House, is a 1924 Los Angeles residence designed by Frank Lloyd Wright for Charles and Mabel Ennis, built of interlocking concrete blocks in the Mayan Revival style.