I mixed ash and clay to create natural geopolymer cement. The right proportions produced strong and durable building material ...

Learn how to pour a concrete slab for a shed, patio, or DIY project from start to finish. This step-by-step guide covers ...

Tosen Design updated a 1970s apartment with few internal partitions, many mirrors, and a variety of textures to open up a ...

Along with its many other innovations, the Roman Empire revolutionized architecture with never-before-seen features, such as large-scale arches and dome roofs. And many of these structures still stand ...

In the past, left-wing populists, and populist left-wing movements, have scored political successes. Why do their counterparts today have so much difficulty getting anything going? The problem stems ...

Construction material uncovered by archaeologists in Pompeii has revealed that the Romans used ‘hot mixing’ to make concrete, new chemical analyses suggest. 1 The building materials and tools were ...

Back in 2023, we reported on MIT scientists’ conclusion that the ancient Romans employed “hot mixing” with quicklime, among other strategies, to make their famous concrete, giving the material ...

Mouna Reda receives funding from Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada. Samir Chidiac receives funding from Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada. McMaster ...

The answer to sustainable building could come in the form of a strange list of ingredients: bark, rice, beer, urine, and volcanic rock. As the Associated Press reported, these are the substances ...

Embodied carbon in concrete can be reduced by substituting sand and cement with the recycled or other inputs (e.g. fly ash, slag or waste-derived biochar). These strategies will decrease the use of ...

RMIT researchers are advancing new ways to cut the carbon footprint of infrastructure by turning everyday organic waste into useful construction materials. A life-cycle analysis has shown, for the ...

Researchers in Australia have found a new way to cut emissions, reduce industrial waste and change how the construction sector sources its materials after making a sustainable, durable concrete from ...