There's even evidence to suggest that standing on concrete floors for prolonged periods, such as when you're working in the kitchen, may be harmful to your health. Thankfully, there are other ...

The Suberb-A House in Venice CA designed by Minarc has concrete floors throughout and vast glazing. If insulated from the ground and significantly exposed to direct winter sunlight, a concrete ...

With conventional finishes, after the floor is sanded, a coat of finish is ... has been around for many years and finishing floors like tile and concrete is a natural off-shoot.

The Pantheon in Rome, built in AD 126 by the Emperor Hadrian, and 1 Wall Street, a Lower Manhattan skyscraper recently converted into luxury condos, might not appear similar at first glance.

In the 1980s in Europe engineer Xavier Destree placed high dosages of steel fibers in concrete (68 lbs/cu yd.) to construct floors with joints as far apart as 100 feet. In the 1990’s Latvian ...

and many of the surfaces that hold up office floors and apartments are made of concrete. They represent a significant chunk of the emissions caused by constructing and operating a building over ...

It’s a lot of hassle to go through only to have people walk on the clean floors as soon as they dry. And if you happen to have unsealed concrete floors in your basement or garage, you probably ...

This is the way they build a high rise: 14 men in hard hats, 45 stories above Rincon Hill in San Francisco, pushing, smoothing, shoveling, their feet ankle-deep in wet concrete. The crew is ...

An architecture student has devised a clever way to build strong, stable vaulted floors using far less concrete and steel than usual, with a novel formwork design inspired by origami. The Unfold ...