Building materials maker CRH said on Tuesday it has agreed to acquire Eco Material Technologies, a supplier of supplementary ...

As part of our Building with Cob series, we've put together an overview of cob and other traditional earthen building ...

The Romans used concrete to build aqueducts, bridges and buildings that have endured for over 2,000 years. The post Why Roman ...

Below, we outline some of the main materials used for façade cladding, and the projects that use them in a remarkable way: ACM (Aluminum Composite Material) ...

Bio-based building materials used to be mainstream. The roof of the Pentagon (which was built in the early 1940s) is insulated with horsehair. Until the mid-20th century, the great majority of ...

In his book, Eco-Economy: Building an Economy for the Earth, environmental analyst Lester R. Brown highlights the necessity to design ‘a new materials economy’ using existing technologies on ...

Though its use results in thicker surfaces than typically found in a modern residential home, the world’s oldest building material is usually mixed with gravel, silt, and soil gathered on site ...

Inspired by metamorphosis, researchers create materials for shape-shifting architecture Date: September 8, 2021 Source: North Carolina State University Summary: Researchers have developed ...

The building at 2743 Lyndale Ave. South was cited by planners as an ideal example of exterior materials use, with a facade composed primary of brick and stone and metal panels and fiber cement ...