One of the basic choices home buyers in Central Florida face is whether to choose a house built with concrete blocks or with a wooden frame. Block-built houses used to be the rage in Florida.

According to officials, the factory currently produces 14 types of blocks, including solid concrete bricks, concrete hollow blocks, pavers, erosion-control blocks, double interlocking I-blocks, ...

As climate change reshapes life in Puget Sound, from heavier winter storms to smoky summer skies, the call for climate-smart building construction is louder than ever. Builders, architects and city ...

There's a chance that the concrete fence in your backyard could be partially made out of materials from volcanoes. In 1944, three Arizonans invented a new type of concrete block, the Superlite block.

As pedestrians head down Halsted Street in the Fulton Market district, a spiral structure in the middle of the Mews Pedway invites them to walk toward its center. At a glance, the coil seems to have ...

After building six homes on their own, Bettina and Donald Kretz are getting their next house 3D-printed. They hope to move in by October.