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- 3XNs green-roofed offices to sport an elevated cycling path in Stockholm Fri, 12 Jun 20, 3:30amDanish architecture firm 3XN has won a design competition for Kvarter 15 (District 15), a new office that will revitalize Stockholm’s Östra Hagastaden neighborhood with eye-catching architecture, public spaces and an elevated...
- Solar screen brings beauty and heat relief to a Vietnam home Fri, 28 Dec 18, 7:30amWhen a client approached Vietnamese architecture firm Duc Vien LE for the design of their house in Da Nang, Vietnam, the architects knew early on that the region’s intense summers would prove a major challenge...
- Breezy Ecuadorian brick home on stilts embraces cool tropical winds Wed, 8 Aug 18, 3:30amEcuadorian architecture firm Natura Futura Arquitectura has completed the Stilts House, an elevated brick home that opens up to the outdoors with a perforated facade...
- Boring Company confirms plans to use excavated dirt for low-cost housing bricks Thu, 10 May 18, 1:37amWill Elon Musk foray into affordable housing next? Earlier this week, he said on Twitter that The Boring Company would transform dirt from tunnel digging into bricks for low-cost housing...
- Boring Company confirms Elon Musk's plan to use excavated dirt for low-cost housing Thu, 10 May 18, 1:37amWill Elon Musk foray into affordable housing next? Earlier this week, he said on Twitter that The Boring Company would transform dirt from tunnel digging into bricks for low-cost housing...
- Elon Musk's Boring Company to sell life-size 'LEGO-like' bricks dug from the earth Wed, 28 Mar 18, 5:07amPeople signed up in droves to buy hats and flamethrowers from The Boring Company, and founder Elon Musk isn't stopping there. He just announced his latest idea on Twitter: kits of massive interlocking bricks made from tunneling...
- MIT researchers explore ancient firebrick technology to store energy Thu, 7 Sep 17, 11:27pmFirebricks - or bricks made with clay able to endure temperatures of 1,600 degrees Celsius - have been around for at least 3,000 years. Now Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) researchers are revisiting this ancient...
- Mesmerizing 'cracked' brick building turns heads in London Tue, 1 Aug 17, 7:30pmFrom a melting house to a floating building, British artist Alex Chinneck has a knack for turning heads—and his latest work is no exception. For his first permanent artwork, Chinneck created an enormous crack down the side...
- Alex Chinnecks mesmerizing crack on a brick building turns heads in London Tue, 1 Aug 17, 7:30pmFrom a melting house to a floating building, British artist Alex Chinneck has a knack for turning heads—and his latest work is no exception. For his first permanent artwork, Chinneck created an enormous crack down the side...
- ESA 3D prints extraterrestrial bricks with concentrated sunlight and moondust Fri, 5 May 17, 12:38amThe European Space Agency (ESA) is getting in on the 3D-printing fun with extraterrestrial materials. They used simulated lunar material and the sun's heat to print bricks that are as strong as gypsum. Their project demonstrates...
- Scientists create super-strong bricks from mars-like soil Fri, 28 Apr 17, 11:26pmFuture Mars dwellers may actually be able to use locally-sourced materials for their buildings. Four University of California, San Diego engineers were able to press Mars-like dirt into bricks in a study funded by NASA. No...
- BioMason's bricks "grown" with sand and bacteria to hit the market next year Sun, 19 Jun 16, 3:36amBioMason is inching closer to commercially debuting its eco-friendly “grown” bricks, which they say could be on the market as early as next year. Since its founding in 2012, the North Carolina startup has been pushing...
- LEGOLAND Windsor throws a birthday party fit for a queen Sun, 12 Jun 16, 4:31amFor the Queen of England's 90th birthday, the LEGO masters at LEGOLAND Windsor celebrated in the only way they knew how: by painstakingly handcrafting a brick version of the Queen's birthday party! All in all, the diorama...
- BioMason’s bricks “grown” with sand and bacteria to hit the market next year Wed, 2 Mar 16, 6:30amBioMason is inching closer to commercially debuting its eco-friendly “grown” bricks, which they say could be on the market as early as next year. Since its founding in 2012, the North Carolina startup has been pushing...
- Innovative heat-dispersing clay bricks help keep homes naturally cool Tue, 15 Dec 15, 1:00amIn contrast to standard bricks, the BT - Bloque Termodisipador is five-sided and asymmetrical, with a large angled face that helps protect the brick from solar radiation...