3XN’s green-roofed offices to sport an elevated cycling path in Stockholm
Danish architecture firm 3XN has won a design competition for Kvarter 15 (District 15), a new office that will...
Solar screen brings beauty and heat relief to a Vietnam home
When a client approached Vietnamese architecture firm Duc Vien LE for the design of their house in Da Nang, Vietnam,...
Breezy Ecuadorian brick home on stilts embraces cool tropical winds
Ecuadorian architecture firm Natura Futura Arquitectura has completed the Stilts House, an elevated brick home...
Boring Company confirms plans to use excavated dirt for low-cost housing bricks
Will Elon Musk foray into affordable housing next? Earlier this week, he said on Twitter that The Boring Company...
Elon Musk's Boring Company to sell life-size 'LEGO-like' bricks dug from the earth
People signed up in droves to buy hats and flamethrowers from The Boring Company, and founder Elon Musk isn't stopping...
MIT researchers explore ancient firebrick technology to store energy
Firebricks - or bricks made with clay able to endure temperatures of 1,600 degrees Celsius - have been around for...
Mesmerizing 'cracked' brick building turns heads in London
From a melting house to a floating building, British artist Alex Chinneck has a knack for turning heads—and his...
ESA 3D prints extraterrestrial bricks with concentrated sunlight and moondust
The European Space Agency (ESA) is getting in on the 3D-printing fun with extraterrestrial materials. They used...
Scientists create super-strong bricks from mars-like soil
Future Mars dwellers may actually be able to use locally-sourced materials for their buildings. Four University...
Bespoke curved bricks create a sculptural green-roofed villa by the sea
The 180-square-meter Villa Platan comprises four rectangular units carefully placed along existing landscape contours....
Rotterdam couple lives in a skinny house built from 15 tonnes of industrial waste
The waste-based house was built on one of Rotterdam’s many empty plots of land—a consequence of the city’s...
BioMason's bricks "grown" with sand and bacteria to hit the market next year
BioMason is inching closer to commercially debuting its eco-friendly “grown” bricks, which they say could be...
Innovative heat-dispersing clay bricks help keep homes naturally cool
In contrast to standard bricks, the BT - Bloque Termodisipador is five-sided and asymmetrical, with a large angled...
Pilot Plant That Converts Carbon Dioxide into Bricks is a World First
A new pilot plant recently launched in Australia aims to combat global warming by converting carbon dioxide into...
Thomas Poulsom Makes Wonderful North American Birds Using LEGO Bricks
Among Poulsom’s amazing creations made from the famous Danish blocks is Arnie, a flying American robin. Benny...
