What if your building could adjust window shading based on the weather forecast, address an impending equipment failure or check in visitors, all without human intervention? Thanks to advances in ...

Concrete was the foundation of the ancient Roman empire. It enabled Rome's storied architectural revolution as well as the ...

A building inspector at a construction site in San Diego. Image from city video Until local governments take the bold steps needed to reduce permitting fees, utilize new construction methods and ...

Archaeologists uncovered a Pompeii project that reveals how ancient Romans used hot-mixing technology to create durable ...

"This project is a work-in-progress on HygroStructures (‘hygro’ from the root Greek word ‘hugros’, meaning ‘wet’), a new class of physical structures that conserve form, material and process.

A: There are many new and exciting products in the home building industry. We have watched two homes being built using new systems. One was a 3D-printed home, and the other was a pre-cut steel home.

How can fungi be used as building construction materials? This is what a recent study published in Cell Reports Physical Science hopes to address as a team of researchers investigated how engineered ...

If you’re ever at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, look up. There, you’ll see wind turbines and solar panels. Look down, and you may notice a commercial energy storage system in an ...