These buildings can come in any shape or size, so long as their design embodies more than just a greenwashed buzzword ...

Innovative materials are teeing up to reshape residential construction, boosting performance, sustainability, and design ...

A new building material developed by engineers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute could change how the world builds. Made using an enzyme that turns carbon dioxide into solid minerals, the material ...

Learn how innovative materials and techniques are redefining architecture, promoting circular economies and sustainable ...

Throughout history, numerous researchers, architects, and designers have explored the use of salt as a construction material in various regions of the world. Located on the Uyuni Salt Flat, in ...

Paloma Gormley is leading Material Cultures, which has a DIY approach to material sustainability in architecture, to build the future from the ground up. Despite decades of green certifications, ...

Erupting from fiery volcanoes, lava has historically been an uncontrollable force that destroys buildings and neighborhoods in its wake. But what if that force could instead be redirected and ...

For a quarter of a century, the UB School of Architecture and Planning has supported design work that situates architecture within the field of socio-cultural and material critique through the Peter ...

Originally published in German (Basel : Birkhäuser, 2013) with title: Materialrevolution 2 : nachhaltige und multifunktionale Materialien für Design und Architektur. Bioplastics and bio-based bonding ...

Australia’s construction sector may be on the brink of a quiet revolution, one built from soil, water, and something most people throw away. Engineers at RMIT University have developed a new building ...