CU Boulder researchers have developed a new approach to designing more sustainable buildings with help from some of the tiniest contractors out there. "We already use biological materials in our ...

In August, a pair of architects will move into their new home in Rotterdam. Its rising walls are built of tan-colored bricks that, to the eye, seem like your typical building materials, but they are ...

It's true that, in general, building materials haven't changed all that much in the last couple of centuries; it's really just that improvements have been made in how the different materials are ...

Firing bricks and making mortar and cement is very costly, but organic chemists at Flinders University are working on more sustainable alternatives – focusing on building materials made from waste ...

CONVERGE LIVE - Singapore, 22-23 April 2026. Request invitation. The construction industry is "by far" the largest emitter of greenhouse gases of any sector, according to the U.N. Builders and ...

A hurricane strafes an office building, which then grows back its battered roof. Science fiction? Not exactly. Biologists are working to come up with ways to grow building materials with bacteria — ...

“Pounding earth or making mud bricks out of earth [as opposed to firing clay bricks] is one of the most universal and ancient ...

DHAKA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Researchers in Bangladesh are developing new building materials to mitigate the environmental damage caused by brick manufacturing. The country produces 25 billion ...

As part of the Carbon Engineering Initiative, the CCCC has developed coal-derived building and construction materials, including char bricks, to create new markets for Wyoming coal. The coal-derived ...