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- The Sustainable Composite Car Racing TeamThe CQS Group Racing Team is a student project by Industrial Engineering students from the University of Leuven. The goal of the project is…
- Building with Sea Salt in the DesertRecent TU Delft architecture graduate Eric Geboers has developed a way of separating salt out of seawater in order to create a new type…
- 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…
- Innovative materials at Dutch Green Building WeekAs part of Dutch Green Building Week, Materia is highlighting the latest in its green materials collection along with some inspiring images of how…
- Oyster-Inspired Cement Promises Stronger, And More Sustainable Construction MaterialsResearchers at Purdue University are developing a new type of cement inspired by oysters. This innovation could lead to stronger, faster-curing and more sustainable…
- 3D Printed PLA Reinforcement Offers Sustainable Alternative To Steel In ConcreteAdditive manufacturing is transforming the construction industry. It enables designers to produce building components directly from digital models with greater precision and less waste.…
- Plant-Based Nanocellulose Enables Sustainable Recovery Of Rare Earth ElementsResearchers at Penn State have developed a plant-based material capable of selectively recovering dysprosium, a heavy rare earth element widely used in semiconductors, electric…
- 3D Printed Floor Trusses From Recycled Plastic Could Transform Sustainable HousingEngineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) are developing structural building components made from recycled plastic using large-scale 3D printing. Their latest prototype…
- Lignin: A Sustainable Antimicrobial Material with Broad Design PotentialResearchers at the University of Jyväskylä in Finland have discovered that lignin, a natural polyphenol that gives plants structural strength, shows strong antimicrobial and…
- AI-Grown Mycelium Façade Showcases a Scalable, Circular Building MaterialAt the Heijmans Hive innovation hub in Rosmalen, the Netherlands, a new type of bio-based façade panel has taken shape. Called the Growing Facade,…
- Qatar Builds World’s Largest 3D Printed Construction ProjectQatar has started what is being described as the world’s largest 3D printed construction project. The 3D Printed Schools Project is a collaboration between…
- Salvage & Sap: Ancient Pine Resin as a Sustainable Design MaterialFor designers looking for sustainable materials and low-impact production methods, the Salvage & Sap collection by Earth to People offers a fresh perspective. The…
- Elephant-Inspired Fungi Tiles Offer Passive Cooling for Sustainable ArchitectureScientists from Nanyang Technological University (NTU) Singapore, in collaboration with local ecology and biomimicry design firm bioSEA, have developed an innovative building material that…
- Biodegradable Artificial Nails: A Sustainable Material Innovation for Customisable DesignA team of researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder has developed an innovative, biobased alternative to conventional artificial nails — and it might…
- Sustainable Design in Education: The Les Violettes School ComplexThe Les Violettes school complex, designed by Parisian architecture firm HEMAA, was completed in November 2024 in Mareil-Marly, France. This 2,000 m² project includes…
- Sustainable Villa Built with Dowel-Laminated Timber Instead of Steel and ConcreteA new sustainable villa has been constructed along the beach in Noordwijk, focusing on minimising environmental impact. The architects at Van Manen chose a…
- Modular mass-timber system for building schoolsThe collective Circlewood, which consists of various companies including architectural firm OMA, developed a prefabricated, mass timber ‘plug and play’ system to build nine…
- Building with hempcreteDutch architectural firm Werkstatt created the first Dutch house built entirely from hempcrete. Hempcrete or hemplime is a mixture of lime and hemp wood,…
- Studying ancient materials for a more durable and sustainable futureCurrent building materials are guaranteed for about 100 years, while structures built in Ancient Rome have survived for millennia. In a time when durability…
- Locally Sourced Cedar Shapes Sustainable Pavilion in Panama’s Coffee HighlandsArchitecture practice Mallol has completed El Arca, a private timber pavilion in Nueva Suiza, Chiriquí, Panama. The project demonstrates how locally sourced materials and…
- Finnish Pulp Fibres Enable Stronger and More Sustainable Wood BondingResearchers at Aalto University in Finland have developed a new method for bonding wood using pulp fibres from Finnish forests. The resulting bond is…
- Underwater 3D Printing Points To A New Future For Sustainable Maritime Construction3D printing has already reshaped construction on land, from experimental housing to large-scale infrastructure. Researchers at Cornell University are now taking the technology underwater.…
- Kibu: 3D Printed, Recyclable Headphones Children Can Build ThemselvesDesign agency Morrama and London-based 3D manufacturing studio Batch.Works have created Kibu, a pair of children’s headphones that turn hands-on making into part of…
- From Algae to Architecture: Turning Sargassum into Building MaterialsBrown algae, known as sargassum, are washing up in large amounts on beaches in Brazil, the Caribbean, and the United States. The piles of…
