Recycled bricks
A new type of brick that improves buildings’ thermal, acoustic and structural performance.
Finite Element Method applied to structures
Tool in architecture and construction to solve complex problems in an efficient and precise way.
The future in architecture and construction: bio-concrete
Bacillus bacteria produce calcite when they come into contact with water, so that they close small cracks.
Design with glass as the supporting structure
A material that leaves designers free to create sensations of weightlessness and invisibility.
Application of UHPC to urban furniture
A highly durable, low-maintenance material that opens up endless design possibilities.
The world’s tallest hybrid tower (+video)
A hybrid tower project that gathers up the past of the city of Sydney and projects it towards a sustainable future.
MIT creates a new material that grows, strengthens and self-repairs with CO2
Engineers at MIT have created a material that grows, strengthens and self-repairs by extracting carbon dioxide, through a process similar to the way that plants incorporate carbon dioxide into [...]
The new materials that are revolutionising traditional architecture
There’s no doubt that we’re at the height of the construction sector’s transformation: project management, augmented reality, BIM, ... but what we really should consider as a revolution is the [...]
The concrete revolution
The concrete revolution is taking place and it’s aimed at turning this material into a lighter and more intelligent version of itself. Some months ago, researchers in Zurich’s Polytechnic [...]
Self-repairing concrete
The use of concrete as a construction element takes us back to the Roman Empire – many of their buildings still stand today – however this material began to be [...]
