Austria approves Velcro system in construction: walls stick and peel
A giant Velcro system replaces nails and cement: Austrian houses can be assembled and disassembled in minutes without wasting materials.
California's mobile robotics factory rebuilds burned-out homes.
A robotic tent factory assembles modular homes where fires destroyed Los Angeles. Time savings of 70%, costs of 30%. The future is here.
From the ETH lab, houses that breathe thanks to cyanobacteria
Goodbye traditional cement: here come the biological bricks that eat carbon dioxide and multiply on their own like living organisms.
Homes 13 Times More Earthquake Resistant Thanks to Sea Sponges
By studying marine sponges, Australian researchers have created materials that absorb more energy and resist deformation better.
How are concrete blocks used in mountainous areas?
Discover the benefits of concrete blocks for mountain areas: strength, versatility and durability for various construction applications.
Innovation in building materials: "rice" concrete arrives
New sustainable building materials: AI-tested rice ash can reduce CO2 emissions in the cement industry.
3D printing and super-resistant concrete: perfect anti-seismic house in 5 days
A 100 m2 house 3D printed in just 5 days in Kazakhstan. Designed to withstand magnitude 7 earthquakes thanks to super-strong concrete.
Havelar, construction of the future: printing in 18 hours, delivery in 6 weeks
Portuguese Havelar printed her first 3D house in just 18 hours. Steps towards faster, cheaper and more sustainable construction.
Building like bees: drones that 3D print houses in flight
Drone technology that 3D prints in flight, inspired by the collaboration of insects, promises to build in previously inaccessible areas.
The material that will change the homes of the future smells of coconut and lemon
A coconut and lemon thermal battery that regulates the home climate: the last frontier of green building
1957, when Monsanto and Disney imagined the house of the future
Between ultrasonic dishwashers and Formica worktops, Monsanto had a House of the Future inside Disneyland. What happened to that vision?
Floating bamboo houses: the green anti-flood idea comes from Vietnam
A Vietnamese company reinvents living with a bamboo floating house to resist flooding "exacerbated" by climate change.
Revolution in the pipeline: the 10 materials of the future that will change construction
From "plasticone" stronger than steel to 3D printed mushroom columns, here are the materials that will redesign the building of the future
Plantd, grass boards can replace building timber
The all-electric production of building panels consumes less soil and also sequesters 80% of the carbon contained in the grass
Energy House, the mega UK laboratory that controls the time to test houses of the future
Simulate weather conditions: from sunshine to extreme cold, everything is possible in Energy House Labs, the laboratory that controls the weather.
A “chameleon” material can heat and cool buildings
The material that changes color and temperature: a "chameleon" in the form of an economical and sustainable building material for buildings.
London, the Black & White Building is made of wood that 'regrows in 137 minutes'
In London he opens a building for working purposes made entirely of "rapid regrowth" wood. How fast, exactly?
Double-deck 3D printing: we're starting to get serious
400 square meters, two floors, walls already printed with compartments and shelves: 3D technology for the building industry is going higher and higher.
“Flying” construction sites, here are the drones that print houses in 3D
Layer by layer, these drones 3D print structures made of foam and concrete in a technique that could transform construction sites and areas hit by natural disasters.
Step aside, concrete - the next house could be hemp!
A sea of uses, and a clear road in construction in these difficult times. Hemp has only one problem, but a big one: you never grow too much of it.
Levitation device lifts building materials
A new frontier for construction, which seems to come directly from the stories of archaeo science fiction: levitation
