For the next nine months, caretakers inside the Canada Pavilion at the 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale will tend to something unusual: the walls themselves. The installation, called Picoplanktonics, ...

Concrete is one of the most widely used construction materials, but its production is a significant source of carbon emissions due to the energy-intensive process of cement manufacturing. As the ...

Discover how concrete contractors can navigate the net zero transition, leverage new technologies, and stay competitive in the evolving low-carbon construction landscape.

Among the many things we could do to reduce strain on the environment is find greener ways of constructing buildings. You see, cement production accounts for 8% of CO2 emissions worldwide – and a lot ...

Barbican in London, a concrete paradise. — Image by © Tim Sandle Barbican in London, a concrete paradise. — Image by © Tim Sandle Concrete is the second-most ...

Concrete has been critical to the colonization of our own planet. The Romans and Egyptians built their empires upon it, and when their formula for concrete was lost, humanity invented it all over ...

An inflatable concrete building sounds a bit ludicrous - until you see the seemingly-magical construction of a Concrete Canvas shelter. Concrete Canvas, a UK company, has created shelters that combine ...

Concrete is the most widely used building material in the world, but it comes at a huge environmental cost. Engineers in Japan have developed a new technique to make concrete by recycling waste ...

Researchers are transforming recycled cardboard into a strong, low-carbon building material that could reshape future construction practices.

A scientist who figured out the secret behind ancient Rome's self-repairing concrete has recently confirmed his theory at a ...