A plastic brick house method is changing how people imagine the future of construction. A complete home built in five days sounds impossible, yet recycled plastic bricks are bringing that idea closer ...

Let’s play Spot The Difference, urban edition. You’re on West 47th Street in Hell’s Kitchen, a Manhattan neighborhood known for its industrial vibe. Like much of the area, the street is lined with ...

Back in 2021, researchers came up with a recipe for greener concrete that had building waste and CO2 among its ingredients. Now the same team has used rubble from a demolished school and the ...

Firing bricks and making mortar and cement is very costly, but organic chemists are working on more sustainable alternatives -- focusing on building materials made from waste products. In another move ...

A startup company called Kenoteq has launched a sustainable building brick that generates less than 10 percent of the carbon emissions released during the manufacture of regular bricks. Created by ...

The Brick Industry Association has honored stunning architecture that incorporates fired clay brick. With new categories this year including Renovation/Restoration, the 2013 Brick in Architecture ...

Recycled plastic bricks are revolutionizing quick-build homes. See how this modular construction technique cuts costs and ...

A German wood-brick system can raise a house shell in days, challenging traditional concrete and masonry methods.

It takes 12 to 18 months on average to build a home in Western Australia — but with non-brick frame construction, the home ...