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A worker builds a wall using Sugarcrete blocks (samples of which are shown at right) at a school in India, the first prototype building to use the material.

Sugarcrete Harnesses Agricultural Waste to Build a More Sustainable Future

Words: Kendra Jackson
From: Architecture, Curiosity
Posted: Mar 7, 2025

Designing the Forest: The Future of Mass Timber Architecture

Words: Lindsey Wikstrom
From: Architecture, Curiosity
Posted: Aug 12, 2024

Craft Techniques Inspire the 3D-Printed Loopy Chair

Words: Adrian Madlener
From: Design
Posted: Dec 21, 2023

Bertjan Pot New Collection for Maharam

Dutch Designer Bertjan Pot’s Eye-Catching New Collection for Maharam

Words: Kendra Jackson
From: Design
Posted: Nov 25, 2022

3 Fresh Metal Facade Options

Words: Kendra Jackson
From: Design
Posted: Mar 3, 2022

Out System of exterior finishes by Wall&decò

3 Exterior Finishes with a Novel Touch

Words: Elizabeth Pagliacolo
From: Design
Posted: Mar 3, 2022

Paramountstone cladding by Walker Zanger

4 Enduring Cladding Materials Given a New Twist

Words: Elizabeth Pagliacolo
From: Design
Posted: Mar 3, 2022

NEST HiLo

Future of Concrete: NEST HiLo is Completed in Switzerland

Words: Elizabeth Pagliacolo
From: Architecture
Posted: Oct 12, 2021

Can Desalination Waste Help Create a More Sustainable Cement?

Words: Evan Pavka
From: Curiosity, Design
Posted: Aug 26, 2021

Paris housing complex made of hempcrete

A Parisian Social Housing Complex Rises in Wood and Hempcrete

Words: Stefan Novakovic
From: Architecture
Posted: Aug 25, 2021

Berlin’s Wohnregal Brings Design Flexibility and Style to Prefabricated Housing

Words: Stefan Novakovic
From: Architecture
Posted: Dec 3, 2020

How This Ultra-Reflective White Paint Curbs Heat Gain

Words: Audrey Wachs
From: Design
Posted: Jun 14, 2020

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