A new origami-inspired concrete technique could help reduce concrete-related waste exponentially. Here's what you need to ...

You can also gain even more by optimising thin shell structures with a lower climate impact," says Lundgren. In the study "Textile reinforced concrete members subjected to tension, bending ...

In the wake of the devastating fires in California, an award-winning research team from SUNY Canton suggests using lightweight concrete to make homes more resilient.

The arrest of a gang that stole roofs from houses and removed reinforced concrete structures in the Idlib countryside, which ...

Reinforced concrete is the miracle material which made possible so many of the twentieth century’s most iconic structures, but here in this century its environmental footprint makes it something ...

Paimio Sanatorium / Alvar Aalto. Image © Leon via Flickr under CC BY 2.0 Gustav Düsing and FAKT have just won the competition to design an adaptive reuse project in ...

the use of graphene reinforced 3D printing also greatly reduces the environmental impacts of construction projects involving concrete. The cement industry is one of the world’s leading producers ...

Many reinforced concrete structures have been built in Switzerland and Central Europe since the 1960s. Time leaves its mark: chemical changes in the concrete may result in steel corrosion. Researchers ...

But while performance and lightweighting continue to be key advantages for fiber-reinforced concrete, including UHPC, the construction industry must increasingly consider the carbon impact of ...