Amid a construction boom, Senegal's capital Dakar is a sea of concrete. But in the Ngor neighborhood, one building stands out from the uniform grey. Its red bricks are made from raw earth. But this ...

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A worker carries a newly made brick at the Elementerre factory in Mbour DAKAR (Reuters) - Construction is booming in Dakar, where unfinished apartment blocks tower over most streets, their exposed ...

In the early 80s, I saw the Earth House Estate Lättenstrasse on TV for the first time. I'd always had a passion for architecture so I was fascinated by the whole concept: round homes, almost like ...

Wood is, by far, the most common material used in the U.S. for single-family-home construction. But wood construction isn’t engineered for long-term durability, and it often underperforms, ...

Concrete is no longer just a niche material in residential construction. As natural disasters become more frequent and severe, the shortcomings of traditional wood-framed homes are being laid bare.

A new partnership aims to build 2,000 concrete panel ranch-style homes in Northeast Ohio to help with the affordable housing ...