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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...

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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,...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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....

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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...

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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...

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LEGOLAND Windsor throws a birthday party fit for a queen

For the Queen of England's 90th birthday, the LEGO masters at LEGOLAND Windsor celebrated in the only way they...

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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...

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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...

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