Every generation witnesses its own advances in building technology. Balloon-frame construction was a major advance over the previous method of post-and-beam construction, whereby skilled carpenters ...

CMU today is bold, refined, and unmistakably modern. With expressive textures, integral colors, and dynamic forms, it’s ...

Research lab Matter Design worked with building materials company CEMEX to design and produce concrete boulders—some weighing up to 25 tons—that can be maneuvered by hand. The blocks, which are also ...

Back in 2021, researchers came up with a recipe for greener concrete that had building waste and CO2 among its ingredients. Now the same team has used rubble from a demolished school and the ...

Concrete is one of the most widely used construction materials, but its production is a significant source of carbon emissions due to the energy-intensive process of cement manufacturing. As the ...

There’s hardly anything on this planet that’s more widely in demand than concrete. And while we need the essential building material for infrastructure, housing, and beyond, it comes at a high climate ...