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 ...

Faculty from across academic disciplines collaborated to deliver a lecture discussing engineering living materials (ELMs) and their potential to act as building materials. The lecture was held Feb. 11 ...

Windows that satisfy emergency exit codes and historic districts on display Agricultural byproducts seen as a building material Want a new dock? A new material will make it last longer PROVIDENCE – ...

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 ...

Google has built an unprecedented office constructed entirely with mass timber. The move marks a cutting-edge innovation in sustainable building, as timber is renewable, lighter, and reduces carbon ...

An Australian construction firm has completed testing on concrete that captures air pollution and stores it for good, reported Australian Manufacturing. Boral ran trials using old concrete from one of ...

Researchers at ETH Zurich have developed an astonishing new material: a printable gel that’s alive. Infused with ancient cyanobacteria, this "photosynthetic living material" not only grows but also ...

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, ...

Clay is one of the most abundant materials on Earth. Holcim, an international construction and building materials company, is capitalizing on this abundance by using "calcined clay" to make strong ...

The desire for eco-friendly buildings has gone mainstream. Today’s consumers, businesses, investors and more want buildings that are energy-efficient and constructed using sustainable materials, and ...