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- Cow dung bricks: stronger, cheaper and more sustainableThe worldwide demand for affordable homes increases, increasingly relying on extremely polluting building methods like fired bricks and cement. Dutch start-up Coolbricks offers an…
- Domsteen brickBokkenmákers and New Horizon are launching a circular brick made from rubble from the Utrecht Dom Tower. The bricks are manufactured and used in sustainable construction projects in Utrecht, such as the Merwedekanaalzone and Cartesiusdriehoek. This way, the residual material from a historical monument is used for future, sustainable buildings.
- Bricks made of church tower debrisDutch circular concept firms Brokkenmákers and New Horizon have developed a circular brick made from debris from the renovation of the Dom Tower of…
- Glass brick by PoesiaGlass Brick is available in a large choice of colours, special workings and shapes: glass brick or half glass brick, glass’ column in several sizes, glass angle bar, square glass column, glass insert, half glass insert, small glass brick.
- PIRROUET® carbonated facing bricksTo produce Pirrouet®, mineral by-products from the steel industry are mixed with sand, dyes and water, and then pressed in brick moulds. In a conditioned room - with high CO2 concentration – Vandersanden lets the brick harden. The CO2 reacts with calcium-containing materials creating carbonates. This permanent bond creates a hard limestone-like brick.
- New wing of museum built from bricks from urban wasteDING, the new wing of Design Museum Ghent in Belgium, will be built from an innovative circular brick, which is made for 63% of…
- PaperBricks: bricks and furniture made from old newspapersPaper is one of the most produced and discarded materials in the world. But while it can easily be recycled, it cannot be reused…
- Glass BrickA matt full glass brick made from glass ore. The brick is translucent and can be lit from behind. The water absorption rate is almost zero, hence the brick may be used outside as well as inside on both floors and walls.
- Eco-brickEco-brick is 25-35 mm thinner than the average brick. This allows to increase the thickness of the insulation without increasing the wall thickness. With smaller volume and weigh, it needs fewer raw materials. For the production and transportation, less energy is needed, thus reducing CO2 emissions.
- Reusable Brick Walls Enable Circular Construction With Up To 60% Lower CO₂ EmissionsResearchers at Graz University of Technology (TU Graz), together with Austrian brick manufacturer wienerberger, have developed a reusable brick wall system that can be…
- A construction project using CO2 negative facing bricksA CO2 negative facing brick by brick manufacturer Vandersanden is being used in its first construction project, which should save 42.500 kg CO2. Called…
- Barbie dolls and Lego bricks made of recycled plasticMattel, the mother company of Barbie, unveiled a collection called Barbie Loves the Ocean, consisting of dolls made of 90 per cent recycled plastic,…
- Kiln-inspired vaults made of recycled kiln bricksThe Imperial Kiln Museum in Jingdezhen, China, known as the Porcelain Capital in the world, designed by Studio Zhu-Pei, has arched brick vaults shaped…
- A semi-transparent brick façade made with augmented bricklayingResearchers at ETH Zürich and local masons in Greece built a 225 m2 large wavy façade to demonstrate how augmented bricklaying combines the advantages…
- Bricks made from household garbageDutch companies StoneCycling, AVR and Mineralz collaborated to make bricks from household garbage. StoneCycling is a company best known for their WasteBasedBricks, which are…
- Bricks made from recycled PET bottlesIn Argentina, 12 million plastic bottles are discarded each day, of which only 15 per cent is recycled. Simultaneously, 3 million Argentines lack decent…
- Leemsteen (Dutch clay bricks)Dutch clay bricks are made of unbaked clay soil pressed into uniform building blocks. Because these clay bricks are not fired, their unique moisturizing and heat-accumulating properties are maintained. Due to the high mass of limestone, a mud wall can retain and give off heat well so that temperature fluctuations are effectively minimized. Furthermore, clay has a neutralizing effect on odors.
- Rodruza Living BricksRodruza ceramic facing bricks are high-quality façade bricks manufactured in the Netherlands. The bricks are produced from carefully selected natural clays and mineral raw…
- Vandersanden Introduces Steam-Drying Technology in Brick ProductionVandersanden has upgraded its brick factory in Beek, the Netherlands, with a new steam-drying system. The €35 million investment makes the site the first…
- Dutch Pilot Turns Toxic Clay into Clean BricksA ground-breaking pilot in the Dutch city of Doetinchem has demonstrated that polluted clay can be transformed into safe, functional bricks. The project, led…
- Toward Carbon Neutrality: A More Sustainable Concrete BrickThe construction industry accounts for nearly 40% of global carbon emissions, making sustainability a critical concern for architects, builders, and manufacturers. Addressing this challenge…
- A pavilion made of 3D printed bricks made of recycled PET bottlesFor the 2024 fall edition of Maison&Objet (4-8 September 2024), Hong Kong-based architectural studio LAAB designed a pavilion consisting of 3D printed bricks, which…
- Building on the moon with LEGO bricks made of meteoritesScientists at the European Space Agency (ESA) have used dust from a 4.5 billion year old meteorite to 3D print blocks similar to LEGO…
- Storefront made of recycled bricks upcycles 1,600 kg of wasteDutch company StoneCycling creates bricks from construction waste. With their latest project, the storefront and fitting rooms of a store of fashion brand COS…
