Building Design2d
Material Cultures: the radical architects rethinking how – and what – we build
Mary Richardson meets the research and design practice advocating for bio-based materials such as hemp, straw and unfired ...
13x Stiffer Than Existing Designs: Scientists Develop New Material With Remarkable Compressive Strength
Inspired by the humble deep-sea sponge, RMIT University engineers have developed a new material with remarkable compressive ...
Fast Company5d
This new super-strong building material has a surprising origin story
Researchers at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology just invented a building material that could make construction projects stronger and more sustainable—and it’s based on the skeleton ...
Bio-based polyester nanocomposites offer high performance and reprocessability
A research team led by Prof. Zhu Jin from the Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering (NIMTE) of the Chinese ...
Expats.cz13d
Mushroom kingdom: Czechia unveils world's first fungi-based house
A Czech-made house built from mushroom-based material could revolutionize eco-friendly construction by replacing polystyrene with mycelium.
BBC2y
Timber-based materials - AQA
Aesthetics close aestheticHow something looks. relate to the way a material looks, and each example of timber has a different pattern on the grain and texture. The way a timber looks can be ...