According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the average person spends about 90% of their lifetime inside a built environment. As a multi-disciplinary firm, we strive to design environments ...

The idea seems futuristic: At ETH Zurich, various disciplines are working together to combine conventional materials with bacteria, algae and fungi. The common goal: to create living materials that ...

Jeremy Gibberd receives funding from CSIR and the University of Wits currently. In the past he has received funding from UNEP, ILO and other organisations he has consulted for. People spend up to 90% ...

Interest in building with earthen and other natural materials — such as adobe — spiked in the wake of Eaton and Palisades fires. Architects and engineers say that L.A. County’s approval process for ...

A team at RMIT University has created a cement-free construction material using only cardboard, soil, and water. Strong enough for low-rise buildings, it reduces emissions, costs, and waste compared ...

Concrete is a crucial construction material. Unfortunately, however, producing it requires large amounts of energy—often powered by fossil fuels—and includes chemical reactions that release carbon ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jeffrey Steele has been a freelance writer for one-third of a century. Rendering of a Lewisboro, N.Y. disaster-resilient home by ...

Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) researchers have created a new carbon-negative building material that could transform sustainable construction. The breakthrough, published in the high-impact ...

Discover how rainscreen façades redefine the building envelope by integrating solar technology as an architectural material.