His two European office projects - one in Dusseldorf and the other in Prague - feature glass and concrete structures turned at crazy angles (the Prague building has been nick-named Fred and Ginger, after the Hollywood dance couple).

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These are the rather ordinary steel bars that are used to reinforce concrete and masonry structures in construction projects.

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The critical role of the structures essentially big pipes or concrete boxes carrying streams beneath roads was demonstrated dramatically in a series of extreme weather events hitting the Northeast in recent years.

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