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- Polyester concrete, if not concrete, what else?Polyester concrete is a name commonly given to a composite that in effect is not concrete at all! Traditionally concrete is a composite of…
- More sustainable concrete made from recycled concrete and CO2Researchers at the University of Tokyo developed a more sustainable type of concrete made from waste concrete and carbon dioxide from the air or…
- Smart Steel And Ultra-High-Performance Concrete Extend The Life Of Reinforced Concrete BridgesMany European bridges were built before the 1980s and are now approaching the end of their design life. Rather than demolishing and rebuilding these…
- Cosmic concrete with twice the strength of regular concreteDubbed StarCrete, researchers at the University of Manchester created a concrete-like material made with extraterrestrial dust, which is twice as strong as regular concrete.…
- Taking the ‘con’ out of concreteIn an effort to make the construction industry more sustainable, alternative concrete materials are becoming much more frequent. Below, we discuss some noticeable ones.…
- Impossibly light concreteThe new Museum of Mediteranean Culture (MuCEM) in Marseille pushes concrete to its limits. Concrete achieves some amazing structural feats here while simultaneously ‘de-materialising’…
- Review: Concrete Candies and Architect@Work RotterdamMateria’s ‘Concrete Candies’ exhibition presented concrete from many new and dynamic perspectives to visitors at Rotterdam’s ARCHITECT@WORK event, held on September 18th and 19th, 2014.…
- Japanese Concrete Buildings Absorb 14% of Cement Production’s Carbon EmissionsA recent study from Japan highlights an important environmental feature of concrete buildings: their ability to absorb and store carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions. Researchers…
- Gravelli: Concrete DesignFeatured at Materia’s ‘Concrete Candies' exhibition was Gravelli, a young brand focused on concrete design. Their products put concrete in a new light, as…
- Climate-Based Model Could Support Wider Use of Low-Carbon ConcreteResearchers at ETH Zurich have developed a modelling approach that predicts the service life of reinforced concrete using local weather data. The method could…
- 3D Printed Concrete Bridge Explores Material-Efficient ConstructionConcrete is one of the world's most widely used construction materials and a major source of carbon emissions. Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of…
- Circular Concrete Milestone: Basalton Columns Made with 100% Recycled SandWaste-to-product company Renewi and building materials producer Holcim are introducing a new version of the Basalton concrete column. This version replaces all naturally mined…
- Two world’s first 3D printed reinforced concrete bridgesYesterday (20 September), the world’s first reinforced concrete bicycle bridge was opened in Gemert (in Dutch), the Netherlands. On the same day, a scale model…
- DESIGN SPOTLIGHT: CURVED CONCRETEIn our series on design innovation spotlights, we’re taking a look at curvy concrete. By carefully shaping concrete, the material becomes far more sensual…
- Beets and carrots might lead to stronger and greener concreteYou’re not the only one who should eat your vegetables to become big and strong! Researchers from the EU-funded project B-SMART, led by Lancaster…
- Conductive concrete can help to de-ice the road in winterSnow can be as much fun as it can be a nuisance, especially for traffic. Chris Tuan, professor of civil engineering from the University…
- New machine can reclaim cement from recycled concreteYesterday, on World Environment Day, the Dutch companies New Horizon Urban Mining and Rutte Group presented a machine that can separate the ingredients of…
- Table series are made from Concrete CanvasDesigner Neal Aronowitz used Concrete Canvas, a flexible, concrete-impregnated fabric, to design a series of tables that wouldn’t have been possible with ordinary concrete.…
- This fungus infused concrete can heal itself (not suitable for broken hearts)Broken concrete, like a broken heart on Valentine’s Day, is not uncommon and difficult to mend, as it requires much labour and investment. However,…
- Concrete flexA design team is showing off the potential of concrete with beautifully shaped furniture. The project is the result of on-going research into flexible…
- 3D Concrete Printing Reduces Material Use In Structural ComponentsA research project in Vienna has explored how 3D concrete printing can produce structural building components while using considerably less material. According to the…
- Foam Concrete Improves Emergency Safety on Airport RunwaysA Chinese research team has developed an ultra-lightweight foam concrete that could transform runway safety systems. Nicknamed “marshmallow concrete” for its soft, crushable structure,…
- The first project using self-healing concrete in the NetherlandsConstruction company Heijmans Infra used self-healing concrete to build a pilot project, a railway underpass in Rijen, the Netherlands, for the first time. The…
- CarbonCure injects CO2 into concrete to sequester it foreverCanadian start-up CarbonCure developed a system that injects CO2 into the concrete when it’s being mixed, sequestering it when it hardens while also reducing…
