Architect Jorge Fortan cements his case for a concrete and foam sandwich house. This TreeHugger has never been fond of concrete, preferring straw and sticks as building materials for houses, but then ...

Far from the misconceptions of dark, damp, musty-smelling structures, today’s concrete homes can be designed to stand up to extreme weather, rising heating and cooling costs, and growing noise ...

A financier-turned-architect wanted to minimize the carbon footprint of his beach house in Brazil without compromising on ...

For thousands of years, people around the world have been constructing homes, palaces and workspaces using two foundational materials: timber and stone. From the masons who built the Louvre in the ...

Is it possible to build a tornado-proof house? originally appeared on Quora - the knowledge sharing network where compelling questions are answered by people with unique insights. Answer by Kelly ...

It's like Lego'.

Jim Gunshinan is a writer and editor who has published articles about green homebuilding and renovation, energy, the environment, and climate change. Hempcrete is an energy-efficient, low-impact, ...

The timber formwork gives texture to the exposed concrete, and the exposed concrete gives patina to the timber formwork. The formwork panels shape the exposed concrete spaces and use, and the other ...

A money-saving couple from Somerset are building their own house on a budget - using polystyrene blocks instead of bricks.

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Try building a house without any of the materials mere Earthlings use to build houses. That’s the challenge facing astronauts as they move forward with colonizing Mars. They’ll either need to bring ...