Concrete Never Looked This Good: Ronan Bouroullec’s Ancora Tables
You know that feeling when you see something that completely flips your expectations? That’s exactly what happens when you encounter Ronan Bouroullec’s Ancora tables. Here’s…
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Building With Dirt and Cardboard: A Construction Game-Changer
What if I told you that the future of sustainable construction might just come down to three simple ingredients: soil, water, and cardboard? It sounds…
MIT Scientists Unveil Electron Conducting Carbon Concrete That Can Store and Supply Power
Imagine a future where the walls and floors of your home do more than just support your furniture. They actually store and supply electricity as…
World’s First Hollow-Body Concrete Guitar Weighs 20 Pounds and Plays Like a Dream
Rob Scallon and Mike from Morley Maker just built a hollow-body concrete guitar that actually works, and I’m sitting here wondering what other materials can…
Meet The Concrete Mountain Escape Where Art & Living Flow Together
In the rural hills of Zabbougha, Mount Lebanon, sits a house that feels more like a piece of sculpture than a home. East Architecture Studio’s…
Twin Houses With One Pillar Offer Innovative Multigenerational Living & Contemporary Design
Two conjoined homes quietly anchor their plot in Söcking, near Lake Starnberg, standing as an inventive response to suburban densification. Houses with One Pillar, designed…
Innovative Origami-Inspired Formwork Reduces Concrete & Steel in Vaulted Floors
The strength and structural integrity of concrete are derived from its inherent material properties, and also from the way it is shaped during construction. An…
Modern Concrete Design: 8 Innovations Changing Home and Office Products
Concrete, once confined to construction sites and infrastructure projects, has emerged as a revolutionary force in contemporary product design. This versatile material now extends far…
Nature Meets Concrete: How AI is Reshaping Urban Landscapes in 2024
Concrete doesn’t usually conjure up thoughts of artistry or adaptability—it’s solid, gray, and static. But Amorphous Concrete flips that notion on its head, proving that…
Concrete house lets you live in the middle of the forest
Having lived in a city all my life, I’m used to waking up in the morning, looking out the window, and seeing nothing but buildings….
Concrete made from food waste can be edible
When I hear the word “edible concrete”, the visual that comes to my mind is straight out of a horror or dystopian story: people gnawing…
LEGO-like concrete blocks made from waste are easy to assemble and disassemble
The more buildings we put up to address the growing needs of our civilization, the more materials and energy are consumed along with a rise…