Concrete is a huge contributor to worldwide CO2 emissions, and Concrete Masonry Units (aka cinder blocks or breeze blocks) make up a significant part of this. However, a new project by Skidmore, ...
Loren Burnett, the CEO of Prometheus Materials in Longmont, thinks it's time to reconsider the concrete block. His company's proposed alternative is a "bio-cement" first developed at the University of ...
As pedestrians head down Halsted Street in the Fulton Market district, a spiral structure in the middle of the Mews Pedway invites them to walk toward its center. At a glance, the coil seems to have ...
Meeting our growing energy demands without continuing to destroy the planet might be one of the biggest challenges of our time, and it calls for some pretty creative solutions. Swiss company Energy ...
When talking about building a better future, concrete is often maligned as an out-of-date material that is bad for the environment. But is it as simple as that? We recast the debate. It takes real ...
Today, we are increasingly aware of the environmental harm caused by building with concrete. One approach to using it more sustainably is to repurpose existing buildings, exposing their structural ...
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