Recycled glass could become part of the next big step in sustainable construction. Scientists from the University of Portsmouth in the UK have discovered that recycled glass powder can effectively ...

Earth-based building materials have long offered a sustainable alternative to conventional construction, drawing on locally available resources such as clay, sand, and natural fibres. Contemporary ...

Recycled glass could become a staple ingredient in building, paving the way for greener construction materials and more sustainable development. In a study, published in ‘Discover Civil Engineering’, ...

An earth block, left, sits unsinged next to a burning block of wood after both were blasted by a 3,400 F blowtorch. UC Davis Professor Michele Barbato and team are investigating the wildfire-resilient ...

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An innovative collaboration between the University of Oklahoma College of Architecture’s Sustainable Building Program and Cleveland County Habitat for Humanity celebrated a major milestone Saturday ...

A new study from Chile has shown that rice husk ash (RHA)—a common agricultural byproduct—can dramatically improve the strength and performance of compressed earth blocks (CEBs) when used as a ...

Lola Ben-Alon experiments with digital earth-fiber basket weaving at GSAPP. (Courtesy GSAPP Natural Materials Lab/Omer Mohamed Gorashi) “I don’t have any expectations that we will be building ...