Every generation witnesses its own advances in building technology. Balloon-frame construction was a major advance over the previous method of post-and-beam construction, whereby skilled carpenters ...

Despite being one of our most useful day-to-day tools, glass is a material that's rarely recycled due to complicated ...

In the Twin Cities, resilience isn’t a luxury. It’s a requirement. From deep winter freezes and spring floods to intense summer storms and rapid temperature swings, the region faces a wide range of ...

Zappala Block has been added to the New York State Historic Business Preservation Registry. The masonry fabrication company was founded in 1922 by Italian immigrant Salvatore Zappala. Zappala worked ...

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 ...

There's a chance that the concrete fence in your backyard could be partially made out of materials from volcanoes. In 1944, three Arizonans invented a new type of concrete block, the Superlite block.

After building six homes on their own, Bettina and Donald Kretz are getting their next house 3D-printed. They hope to move in by October.

Bondurant-based Renewablade turns blades into concrete blocks, most recently used at a credit union in Des Moines ...