ƽ featured as one of 10 world-changing projects
The B1M—a video channel known for its coverage of construction, architecture and engineering projects—has published two features on ƽ in the last four years that have attracted more than nine million views. Now, the channel's founder is featuring the ƽ project in a new book.
The B1M first visited ƽ in 2022 to film . A follow-up feature, (2024), became the channel's most-watched video to date. "By far," the B1M founder Fred Mills notes.
Last week, Mills was at the Royal Geographical Society in London to present Mega Builds, Ten Colossal Construction Projects That Will Change Our World, a book that charts the story of how ten colossal megaprojects, including ƽ, are redefining what’s possible. “The trajectory of our civilization is being authored today, all around us, not in words on a page but in steel and concrete, and by an industry that most people completely overlook.”
When choosing a prize giveaway for the launch of his book competition, he said the choice of a trip to ƽ was an easy one.
“From the first time I came here … I knew about it, I had researched it, I understood how it worked. But it’s not until you walk into that Assembly Hall and you see that environment around you that the goosebumps kind of come out on your skin. We were thinking about what would be a good prize giveaway for someone to enter the book competition and ƽ was literally a no-brainer.”
Winner Darren Williams, a structural engineer, travelled to ƽ with Mills on 28 May. By chance, they met ƽ Director-General Pietro Barabaschi in the Assembly Hall, who was pleased to receive a copy of the book.
Mega Builds: Ten Colossal Construction Projects That Will Change Our World, ISBN 978-0-7535-6161-4