6 places to find the best recycled building materials
If construction is in your future — either with a new home build or a remodel — using recycled building materials...
Potato peels offer a sustainable alternative to traditional building materials
Many of the typical building materials used in construction — like medium-density fiberboard (MDF) — contain...
Plastic-eating mushrooms are the new superheroes in combating the growing waste crisis
A new study from the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew in London says that fungi are capable of expediting the breakdown...
Ecobricks transform plastic trash into reusable building blocks
People are getting creative with plastic waste around the world, and now Ecobricks wants to utilize plastic for...
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...
‘Game changing’ graphene concrete is twice as strong and better for the planet
Add concrete to the list of things graphene can improve. Scientists at the University of Exeter's Center for Graphene...
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...
New nanowood insulation is more environmentally friendly than Styrofoam
Scientists have created a new insulating material from wood that bests Styrofoam: it's "stronger and much more...
Amazing new biodegradable insulation only burns after one hour of fire exposure
Chilean company Rootman has developed a new 100 percent natural insulation that is remarkably resistant to flames....
Incredible new “super wood” is as strong as steel
It's a twig, it's a branch, it's... Super Wood! Researchers at the University of Maryland have created a so-called...
redhouse studio is making a giant machine that recycles entire buildings
Did you know that buildings are responsible for 39 percent of the United States' carbon emissions? Architect Chris...
New self-healing concrete uses fungus to fix cracks
Scientists at Binghamton University have developed self-healing concrete that repairs cracks with fungi. In a paper...
Tesla’s Buffalo Gigafactory is officially producing solar roof tiles
Tesla's massive Gigafactory 2 is officially producing Solar Roof tiles. The company moved photovoltaic production...
Architects experiment with terracotta in the fight against climate change
Architects have utilized terracotta for thousands of years - and it turns out the ancient building material could...
MIT students find a way to make stronger concrete with plastic bottles
Americans consume 8.6 billion water bottles — every year. Of those, only 1 of 5 is recycled. Fortunately, a handful...
New concrete roof includes thin-film PV cells to generate power
Digital design and fabrication techniques allowed researchers in Switzerland to create a curvy, super thin concrete...
World’s first 3D-printed bridge opens in the Netherlands
The Netherlands just made history by officially opening the world's first 3D-printed bridge. On Tuesday, Dutch...
Solar roof tiles help power this secondary school in rural Kenya
Schools in rural Kenya often suffer through frequent power outages, and energy from the national grid can be expensive....
Australian facility aims to produce 50,000 metric tons of building material from CO2 by 2020
Mineral Carbonation International wants to transform Carbon dioxide emissions into useful building materials. The...
Revolutionary glass building blocks generate their own solar energy
There's a new building block in town, and it generates its own clean energy. Researchers from Exeter University...
Modern aluminum addition blends seamlessly in with 19th century rowhouses
It's never easy to blend new buildings into traditional neighborhoods, but Toronto-based Aleph-Bau, has skillfully...
Amazing Hive comes alive with sights and sounds in Washington, D.C.
Incredible sights and sounds have popped up at the National Building Museum in the heart of the United States capital,...
Why 2,000-year-old Roman concrete is stronger than our own
The exact formula for Roman concrete has been lost. This is unfortunate, as many 2,000-year-old Roman concrete...
Scientists invent graphene paint that makes your house super efficient
Graphene - the strongest material known to science - is used to create everything from condoms to night-vision...
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...
New recycled plastic sidewalk harvests energy from the sun
Imagine a colorful modular paving system that snaps together "like LEGO bricks" replacing dull pavements currently...
Gaza girls subvert Israeli blockade with building bricks made from rubble
Two engineering graduates from the Islamic University of Gaza have defied all stereotypes with their design of...
First Cradle to Cradle Platinum certified product is reclaimed Bark House shingle
The unique bark shingles met the Platinum requirements in all five C2C certification categories: material health,...
Flexible ConFlexPave concrete is tougher, thinner and lighter than conventional mixtures
Scientists at Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University have developed a new concrete mixture that is stronger...