I like LEGO blocks and I really like to see the creations that geeks get up to making when they have plenty of blocks at their disposal. The thing that all the LEGO blocks I have seen in the past have ...
The global cover blocks market size was valued at US$ 1.5 Bn in 2024 and is projected to reach US$ 2.4 Bn by 2035, growing at ...
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 ...
ALTO APURE, Venezuela, Feb 2 (UNHCR) - It's barely daybreak in Guasdualito and Jairo Augusto (not his real name) and his sons are busy mixing sand and cement to produce concrete building blocks. "We ...
In his book Concrete Planet, author Robert Courland discusses why the concrete first used by the Romans is more durable than the concrete used in most present day buildings. Plus, mineralogist Peter ...
Concrete is one of the most used building materials in contemporary architecture. In the last decades, it has gone from a structural building element to a material on surfaces of buildings and public ...
Insulating Concrete Forms (ICF) has been in the marketplace for several years. Before the collapse of the housing industry in 2008 many homes were built with ICFs made by several different ...
US researchers have developed Enzymatic Structural Material (ESM), a carbon-negative alternative to concrete that ...