Mother Nature reaches out to us during the summer months with warm, sunny days and a lush landscape, so it’s only natural that we look outdoors to expand our living space at this time of year. Mother ...

GOVERNMENT TO ALLOW for side-by-side building in some cases, as amended defective blocks bill goes to Cabinet.Minister for ...

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More Than Gray: 15 Projects That Explore Red Pigmented Concrete A Trombe wall is a passive solar building feature that enhances thermal efficiency. Positioned on the sun-facing side of a structure, it ...

They’re like children’s building blocks, except these ones are designed to construct real houses. German start-up Polycare says its Polyblocks – made from artificial resin – provide an environmentally ...

With construction costs and safety concerns climbing, many are revisiting a trusted material with renewed relevance: concrete ...

After their more typical wood-framed homes burned, some are now rebuilding with non-combustible materials. And they’re getting discounts from insurance companies.

A Napa company is working to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions by making an alternate to the most common construction material on the planet: concrete. A Napa company is working to ...

The most polluting part of a building is hiding underfoot. Floors account for more than 40% of most multi-story buildings’ total mass, and many of the surfaces that hold up office floors and ...