It’s time to rethink the way we build American homes, before climate change forces us to,” writes M.S. in Construction ...
The architecture combines modern and traditional materials and techniques; the structure is concrete, following Ando’s signature style, but also uses the region's traditional ‘palapa’ construction.
In the new Phaidon book "Concrete Architecture," Los Angeles writers Sam Lubell and Greg Goldin examine a construction material that’s often derided as the building block of urban eyesores ...
The ancient Romans were great builders, especially known for their aqueducts. These are still standing today because they ...
Concrete's strength and structural integrity come not only in its material properties, but also from how it's molded during construction. An architecture student has devised a clever way to build ...
will be showcased at the Venice Architecture Biennale. The project aims to combine the Chilean office's expertise in social housing with the construction products of Holcim (the company behind the ...
In the realm of precast concrete architectural panels ... Massive panel sizes have compelled a cultural shift across the construction industry that affects virtually everything on a precast ...
Carbon-neutral concrete represents a groundbreaking advancement in sustainable construction materials, offering a revolutionary solution to reduce the construction industry’s environmental ...
Scientists have been tinkering with concrete in an effort to improve upon the world's most widely used construction material — and they’ve notched some notable successes. New forms of concrete ...
Architectural concrete walls and window ... has been experiencing a few "firsts" in concrete construction. A recent building at a Kansas City impound lot was the company's first time heading ...
Paimio Sanatorium / Alvar Aalto. Image © Leon via Flickr under CC BY 2.0 Gustav Düsing and FAKT have just won the competition to design an adaptive reuse project in ...