There is a slide I like to show at the beginning of the architecture courses I teach that provides an overview of the last hundred years or so in design and technology. In the left column, a car from ...

“Pounding earth or making mud bricks out of earth [as opposed to firing clay bricks] is one of the most universal and ancient ...

Acelab has launched Materials Hub, an AI-powered platform revolutionizing architectural material selection. AI-powered platform transforms complex material decisions into informed choices, balancing ...

This video demonstrates how architectural elevation designs can be enhanced by changing materials using the Nano Banana visualization approach. Learn how material variations can transform the look, ...

It’s almost always the case that the person who designs a building is not the one who builds it. That’s typically a good thing—let the experts do what they do best—but it can also mean that at a ...

This past June we published a survey called "How do Architects and Industry Professionals Specify Materials and Products”. The objective was to better understand architects’ behaviors and needs during ...

Republic file photo The exterior of the Republic building, now home to the Indiana University J. Irwin Miller Architecture Program in the Eskenazi School of Art, Architecture + Design. Seeking to ...

LONGMONT — Prometheus Materials Inc., developer of a zero-carbon alternative to traditional cement, has appointed Vishaan Chakrabarti to its board of directors. Chakrabarti is the founder of design ...

Architect Matthew Coates thinks affordable housing can be created using only cast-off construction materials and appliances. The founder of Bainbridge Island-based Coates Design Architects is putting ...

Richard Venberg owned a custom furniture/cabinet shop in Colorado when he took a major step toward becoming an architect and one of Minnesota’s leading advocates of straw-bale construction. “Basically ...

The recycled buildings of Rome, long dismissed by architects, are getting a reappraisal as a model for how to reduce waste while creating something fresh. ROME — For centuries, historians and ...