A new kind of building material is taking shape in a lab at the University of Michigan. The modular, flat black panels panel is the kind of wall-like material that’s used to clad the exterior of ...

The idea of a straw building might bring to mind a medieval homestead, or perhaps the fairy-tale dwelling of The Three Little Pigs. Used since the 19th century—typically as a rural, rustic building ...

David Baker Architects’s Blue Oak Landing was fully prefabricated, including the building’s Corten steel facade. (Bruce Damonte) Masonry is experiencing a resurgence following a precipitous decline in ...

For good reasons, sustainability is becoming more important and prevalent in the building trades. Planning a home build or remodeling project often brings up terms like sustainable, eco-friendly or ...

Engineers have developed a building material that uses the root-like mycelium of a fungus and bacteria cells. Their results show that this material -- which is manufactured with living cells at low ...

This "materials map" allows researchers to easily spot look-alike, potentially high-performing materials. This can accelerate innovation, reduce development costs, and speed up the real-world ...

Data‑analysis workflow. Experimental and computational datasets are unified; crystal‑structure graphs, deep learning, and dimensionality reduction yield the materials map. Selecting the right material ...