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- The first house built with bricks from StoneCyclingAbout a year ago, we first reported on the Dutch startup StoneCycling and their idea to reuse building material to make bricks. From there,…
- Bio-bricks grown from human urineResearchers from the University of Cape Town developed the world’s first bio-brick grown from human urine. The bio-bricks are created through a natural process,…
- Storing energy in red brick wallsResearchers at Washington University in St. Louis, USA, found how red bricks, some of the world’s cheapest and most popular building materials, can be…
- Bricks made from recycled sewage sludgeResearchers from RMIT University of Melbourne, Australia, demonstrated that fire-clay bricks incorporating biosolids, a by-product of wastewater treatment, could be a sustainable solution for…
- FRICKS: Recycled Foamed Bricks for a Circular Built EnvironmentFRICKS, short for Foamed Recycled Bricks, is an innovative building material developed by the Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC). The project transforms…
- A brick made of recycled construction wasteScottish start-up Kenoteq developed a brick made of recycled construction waste that has a carbon footprint of less than 5% of a traditional clay…
- Precision bricksYou might suspect that a robot had been involved in the shaping of this impressive brick building. In fact, the precision with which 4000m2…
- Growing bricksImagine not having to stoke up a kiln to fire (non-renewable) clay into a brick. Now imagine being able to grow a brick. From…
- In A Park: Reintroducing Double-Bullnose Brick In A Singapore Apartment RenovationL Architects has completed In A Park, a renovation of a three-bedroom apartment in the north-east of Singapore. The project was designed for a…
- Growing Eco-friendly Bricks with Sand and BacteriaStart-up company BioMason is currently working towards a debut of a new kind of eco-friendly brick ‘grown’ with sand and bacteria. Based in North Carolina,…
- The ‘Cool Brick’The ‘Cool Brick’ by Emerging Objects (Designers: Virginia San Fratello and Ronald Rael) utilizes the strategy of evaporative cooling, which was widely relied upon…
- Bricks from beerA new study has shown that grains from breweries can be used to make building bricks that are great insulators too. A small amount…
- Eco-Friendly Desert Sand Bricks Offer Low-Carbon Alternative To Portland CementResearchers at the University of Sharjah have developed sustainable bricks made from desert sand and alkali-activated binders. The innovation offers a lower-carbon alternative to…
- Exploring the Strength of LEGO Bricks: A Lesson in Material DurabilityLEGO bricks have long been celebrated for their durability, modularity, and vibrant design. Beyond their role in childhood play, these tiny yet mighty blocks…
- 3D printed clay facade bricksFor her master thesis at TU Berlin, Victoria Roznowski used computational design to optimise 3D printed clay façade bricks with enhanced thermal properties and…
- 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…
- 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…
- The Pollution Free BrickThe construction industry is notorious for the pollution the production of building materials makes. India's brick industry alone utilizes over 100,000 kilns and produces…
- 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…
- 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…
