Concrete has quietly become one of the planet’s biggest climate problems, yet the material itself has barely changed in a century. Now a new class of mixes infused with graphene is starting to alter ...

Every generation witnesses its own advances in building technology. Balloon-frame construction was a major advance over the previous method of post-and-beam construction, whereby skilled carpenters ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. As climate change reshapes life in Puget Sound, from ...

Concrete is a huge contributor to worldwide CO2 emissions, and Concrete Masonry Units (aka cinder blocks or breeze blocks) make up a significant part of this. However, a new project by Skidmore, ...

Today, we are increasingly aware of the environmental harm caused by building with concrete. One approach to using it more sustainably is to repurpose existing buildings, exposing their structural ...

After a year of apartment life, Monica Hunt revels in the quiet space she’s found in the duplex she recently moved into in central Longview. She moved to Longview with her job with Christus Good ...

THIS work is a reprint in full of the two prize papers on concrete block construction in connection with a competition instituted by the Engineering News and the Cement Age, and, in addition, ...

Insulated concrete forms, developed in the mid-1960s as a method for forming more energy-efficient concrete foundation walls for the residential market, are gaining acceptance as a viable alternative ...

One of the most important elements in architecture are the vertical circulations that are translated into elevators or stairs, and although some offices decide to approach it in a discreet way, some ...