In the new Phaidon book "Concrete Architecture," Los Angeles writers Sam Lubell and Greg Goldin examine a construction material that’s often derided as the building block of urban eyesores, but, they ...

Architectural concrete as we know it today was invented in the 19th century. It reached new heights in the U.S. after World War II when mid-century modernism was in vogue, following in the footsteps ...

CPC concrete slabs are based on the technology of "carbon pre-stressed concrete," which originated from a long-term research project conducted by the Zurich University of Applied Sciences Winterthur ...

With concrete the most utilized construction material on Earth, the drive to find more efficient methods drives engineering and architecture researchers worldwide forward. According to an announcement ...

If you think you've seen it all when it comes to concrete construction, then you haven't sat down with Blaine Brownell. Translucent concrete is not exactly new, but HeidelbergCement's approach to ...

This is the first course in our CMU embodied carbon series, focusing on how concrete masonry units (CMU) differ from traditional wet-cast concrete in terms of carbon impact. We will set the stage for ...

As an international leader in concrete construction, everything the American Concrete Institute accomplishes is due to its volunteers, its contributors, and its donors. With the Fall 2023 event, the ...

Concrete.ai, a Los Angeles–based data science startup describing itself as being “on a mission to avoid 500 million tons of carbon dioxide entering the atmosphere annually,” announced last week the ...

One of the most important elements in architecture are the vertical circulations that are translated into elevators or stairs, and although some offices decide to approach it in a discreet way, some ...

Engineers at Princeton University have developed a cement composite inspired by the inner lining of oyster and abalone shells ...