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- Archi-Union Architects uses robots to construct brick façadeMore and more things in life are automatically made, so why not use robots to construct buildings as well? The Chinese studio Archi-Union Architects…
- New sustainable brick is twice as strong as concrete!A new masonry building material developed by California-based startup Watershed Materials is twice as strong as concrete, offers a low carbon footprint and is…
- Compressed Earth Blocks: A Sustainable Alternative to Traditional BricksIn the quest for sustainable and affordable building materials, Compressed Earth Blocks (CEBs) present a compelling alternative to traditional bricks and concrete blocks. Made…
- A house extension made of reclaimed bricksVatraa Architects have completed a house extension in Stoke Newington, London, with a focus on sustainability, particularly through the use of reclaimed materials. A…
- Bricks made of recycled concrete and CO2Researchers at the University of Tokyo have turned concrete from a demolished school building and carbon dioxide from the air into bricks. To make…
- A self-supporting brick archArchitectural studio SOM, along with Princeton University’s Form Finding Lab and the University of Bergamo, designed a brick vault construction that supports itself. In…
- A brick façade inspired by fabric foldsArchitectural firm Behet Bondzio Lin Architekten designed a brick façade that seems to move like fabric. The façade is designed for the building of…
- Bombix Bricks: Building with liquid silkWe at Materia have seen our fair share of unusual construction materials over the years, but silk is a new one. Architect Ilaria La…
- A pavilion made of mycelium bricksDesign studio Andre Kong Studio designed a garden pavilion made of mycelium bricks. Called Homegrown Wonderland, the pavilion was designed of the New York…
- Living Architecture is developing bioreactor bricksA house that can recycle wastewater and generate electricity from sunlight without the need of things like solar panels. Sounds too good to be…
- Flexible Brick?Flexible brick? Apparently it is possible! Known as 'Flexbrick,' this concept is the materialization of an idea of architect Vicente Sarrablo, director of the…
- Passive cooling through 3D printed bricksAs part of her Master’s degree in Computational Architecture at The Royal Danish Academy, designer Carolyn-Nelle Preston Ichniowski developed an innovative passive cooling system,…
- Moon dust bricks made in the microwaveResearchers at the Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology (KICT) developed a method to produce construction materials in space from moondust using…
- Building with Lego bricks made from reclaimed woodGerman company TRIQBRIQ developed a timber construction system that consist of micro-modular wooden building blocks, which can stacked quickly to create loadbearing walls. The…
- Building the Local reimagines bricks with local waste materialsResponding to the threat of globalisation to small-scale industries, UK designer Ellie Birkhead started Building the Local, a project that explores the values of…
- Ceramic Constellation Pavilion built from 3D printed clay bricks3D printing gives designers a lot of freedom to create mass produced products, but instead of all looking the same, they can still contain…
- Elbphilharmonie Hamburg: a glass structure supported by a brick warehouseThe new concert building in Hamburg (DE), the Elbphilharmonie, is quite a sight to behold. Standing at the shore of the river Elbe, it…
