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  • Algae-grown limestone provides route to carbon-negative concrete

    Researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder have developed a way of using algae to create carbon-neutral or even carbon-negative concrete. More

    Rima Sabina Aouf | 29 July 2022 | Leave a comment
  • Space Forge to launch satellite factory to manufacture components in space

    Welsh startup Space Forge has developed the ForgeStar-0 satellite, which will make electronic components and materials that are "impossible to manufacture on Earth" in space. More

    Alice Finney | 14 July 2022 | Leave a comment
  • ETH Zurich creates dramatically contoured concrete slab ceiling

    Researchers at technology university ETH Zurich have created a deeply ridged ceiling called the HiRes Concrete Slab, which they claim saves energy while offering a spectacular aesthetic. More

    Rima Sabina Aouf | 8 July 2022 | Leave a comment
  • Studio Lionne van Deursen exhibits material created by microorganisms at Milan Design Week

    Material research firm Studio Lionne van Deursen has showcased its Unfold designs, made from a material created by bacteria, as part of the Isola Design District exhibition at Milan Design Week. More

    Katie Last | 7 July 2022 | Leave a comment
  • Prometheus Materials uses algae-based cement to make masonry blocks

    Colorado-based Prometheus Materials has developed masonry blocks from a low-carbon cement-like material grown from micro-algae. More

    Ben Dreith | 7 June 2022 | Leave a comment
  • SFMOMA exhibition explores the architectural provocations of Neri Oxman

    Melanin-enriched building materials and decomposing pavilions are among the pieces on show in San Francisco Museum of Modern Art's exhibition of Neri Oxman's work, Nature x Humanity. Curator Jennifer Dunlop Fletcher discusses five key works. More

    Rima Sabina Aouf | 13 May 2022 | Leave a comment
  • MIT engineers build load-bearing structures using tree forks instead of steel joints

    Discarded tree forks could replace load-bearing joints in architecture projects using a construction technique developed by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. More

    Rima Sabina Aouf | 5 May 2022 | Leave a comment
  • Smart Circular Bridge built with flax completes in The Netherlands

    The Eindhoven University of Technology has led a project building a bridge that is partly made from flax in The Netherlands, aiming to demonstrate the material's potential to replace steel in construction. More

    Rima Sabina Aouf | 5 May 2022 | Leave a comment
  • Five designers in Mexico exhibit new uses for biomaterials

    An exhibition in Mexico curated in collaboration with Danish research lab Space10 has showcased five novel uses for local biomaterials. More

    Ben Dreith | 19 April 2022 | Leave a comment
  • A hemp alternative to steel rebar features in today's Dezeen Agenda newsletter

    The latest edition of our Dezeen Agenda newsletter features a hemp alternative to steel rebar, which could avoid the problem of corrosion and cut carbon emissions from construction. More

    Kate McCusker | 22 March 2022 | Leave a comment
  • Flat-pack wood furniture uses "nature-powered shaping" to self assemble

    The Institute for Computational Design and Construction (ICD) at the University of Stuttgart has released prototypes for self-forming wood furniture that requires no assembly. More

    Ben Dreith | 22 March 2022 | Leave a comment
  • Ten future materials that could change the way we build

    Following news that hemp could be used as a low-cost, low-carbon way of reinforcing concrete, here are 10 promising new construction materials including plastic that's stronger than steel and 3D-printed mushroom columns. More

    Rima Sabina Aouf | 17 March 2022 | Leave a comment
  • Hemp rebar could offer low-cost non-corroding alternative to steel

    Researchers at the USA's Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have invented an alternative to steel rebar made from hemp, which they claim avoids the problem of corrosion while cutting carbon emissions from construction. More

    Rima Sabina Aouf | 15 March 2022 | Leave a comment
  • Doppelgänger creates polystyrene substitute from plastic-eating mealworms

    Charlotte Böhning and Mary Lempres of Doppelgänger have developed a bioplastic version of polystyrene foam that is made from the exoskeleton of mealworms and breaks down in soil in a couple of weeks. More

    Jennifer Hahn | 8 March 2022 | Leave a comment
  • ICON and Lake Flato build 3D-printed House Zero in Austin

    Construction technology outfit ICON and architecture studio Lake Flato have completed a 3D-printed, modern ranch-style home in Austin to be displayed during the SXSW festival. More

    Ben Dreith | 4 March 2022 | Leave a comment
  • New concrete vaulted floor suggests path to cutting carbon emissions

    A type of flooring that uses 75 per cent less concrete than the current standard has been invented by researchers at the universities of Bath, Cambridge and Dundee, who say it could make a "major difference" to the construction industry's carbon footprint. More

    Rima Sabina Aouf | 4 March 2022 | Leave a comment
  • MIT engineers invent plastic that is stronger than steel

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology chemical engineers have invented a new type of plastic that is twice as strong as steel and could one day be used as a building material. More

    Rima Sabina Aouf | 21 February 2022 | Leave a comment
  • Souhaïb Ghanmi uses animal bones instead of plastic for minimalist sockets and light switches

    Waste bovine bones from the meat industry have been ground into a powder and turned into a collection of light switches and electrical outlets by ÉCAL graduate Souhaïb Ghanmi. More

    Jennifer Hahn | 10 February 2022 | Leave a comment
  • Previously unrecycleable clothing made into Fibers Unsorted textile

    Design studio Envisions has worked with engineering company Imat-Uve to make a recycled textile from used clothing usually considered unfit for recycling. More

    Rima Sabina Aouf | 24 January 2022 | Leave a comment
  • Natural Material Studio and Frama showcase algae and terracotta fabrics

    Danish designer Bonnie Hvillum's Natural Material Studio has collaborated with multidisciplinary studio Frama on a collection of biodegradable materials made from algae, clay and foam. More

    Cajsa Carlson | 19 January 2022 | Leave a comment
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