Architect Jorge Fortan cements his case for a concrete and foam sandwich house. This TreeHugger has never been fond of concrete, preferring straw and sticks as building materials for houses, but then ...

The challenge is to build homes that can remain intact in any severe weather event, be more energy efficient, be reasonably priced, and be reoccupied shortly after a disaster so that life can go on ...

A look at the concrete foundation layer in a house build, focusing on preparation, structure, and durability. Why is the ...

WARREN - People in glass houses are admonished not to throw stones. How about people in concrete houses? Well, they can throw whatever they want, because houses built of concrete are virtually ...

Text description provided by the architects. The red house is designed as a repetitive building kit of insulated concrete elements. The load-bearing elements are arranged independently of the inner ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) – News 5’s Caroline Carithers spoke with a Daphne man on why he decided to build his house almost 100% out of concrete. News 5 talked with homeowner Nehal Bodalia and home builder ...

The 4-2-1 formula for mixing concrete is simple enough to follow for DIY home and garden projects. But the way you add water ...

In an attempt to solve two environmental problems at once, researchers at the University of Kitakyushu in Japan have found that shredded nappies can be used to replace between 9 and 40% of the sand ...

The production of the cement used in concrete is a major contributor to worldwide CO2 emissions and since we're reliant on the stuff for our infrastructure, this is a serious problem. However, Nendo ...