Imagine you are standing in front of a multimillion-pound building in the center of the French city, Lyon. It radiates warmth ...

We’re building something special in the forest - a handcrafted underground house with sturdy wooden walls and a lush grass-covered roof. Using natural materials and creative techniques, this ...

Image Courtesy of BC Materials. By combining knowledge of earth-building material production techniques and the advantages of mass production, “It was possible to reduce the price of CEB by 200% ...

One of the key components for the evolution of life as we know it is the presence of “volatiles”: elements and compounds that can be vaporized easily at relatively low temperatures.

The 36cm thick rammed earth walls constructed in a U-shape with two corners guarantee a strong and rigid structure. Each corner was boarded up in a single phase of work, without joints.

Nori Architects’ renovation of the Asanuma Corporation’s Nagoya Branch Office has given a 30-year-old, nearly all-glass office building in Aichi, Japan a new facade with primarily recycled ...

However, existing building methods are very labour-intensive, slow and therefore expensive. ETH Zurich researchers have now developed a fast robotic printing process for earth-based materials that ...

Santa won't be the only thing whizzing over our heads this Christmas Eve as NASA warns that an asteroid the size of a ten-story building will make a close pass on December 24.

MOBILE, Ala. - It’s Earth Day and we’re getting crafty with Sweven of Stephanie.Vanessa heads to The Frenchmen in Downtown Mobile to learn how to turn yesterday’s trash into tomorrow’s paper.

ETH Zurich’s process can build full-scale, freeform structures, including one- or two-story walls and columns. The printing tool has been used to build structures as tall as almost 10 feet. The ...

The excavator would make use of in situ materials (rather than the costly practice of transporting building material from Earth to the moon), collecting rocks on the lunar surface for use in a ...

MP Materials, America’s only rare earth mine, shipped over 80 percent of its output to a Chinese firm over the past few years. Not by choice—but because the U.S. lacks domestic capacity and ...