It's time for the construction industry to bring back cob, but innovation is needed to solidify the age-old material's place ...

The prices of construction materials in North Kashmir’s Kupwara district have surged drastically, leaving residents struggling to afford basic resources for building homes.Locals allege that while the ...

New materials will not only be more environmentally friendly and enable new construction methods, but they will also influence the starting point and direction of design concepts, resulting in new ...

CU Boulder researchers have developed a new approach to designing more sustainable buildings with help from some of the tiniest contractors out there.. In a study published today in the journal Matter ...

The Federal Highway Administration is giving states $1.9 billion to spur buying green road materials, while the EPA has a new emissions label for makers of road inputs.

Overall construction input prices are 1.3% higher than a year ago, while nonresidential construction input prices are 0.7% higher. Prices increased in all three energy subcategories last month. Crude ...

Gordian’s Q1 2024 Quarterly Construction Cost Insights Report brings good news on construction material prices: Although there are some materials whose prices have continued to show volatility, costs ...

David Baker Architects’s Blue Oak Landing was fully prefabricated, including the building’s Corten steel facade. (Bruce Damonte) Masonry is experiencing a resurgence following a precipitous ...

Building projects consume 50% of our resources from nature, often leading to added costs, delayed construction times, and wasted materials. To address some of these challenges, ...

This architectural and geological walking tour of downtown goes beyond the typical architectural focus to include the provenance and geology of the buildings' materials. These sedimentary, igneous ...