Concrete has been around for millennia, but that doesn't mean we can't cook up new ways to build with the world's favorite construction material. It's been electrified to melt snow and used as an "ink ...

Materials researchers from the Block Research Group at the ETH Zurich, together with architects supermanoeuvre, have revealed a prototype for an ultra-thin, sinuous concrete roof system with an ...

custom assembly of concrete, steel cable net, polymer textile formwork, heating and cooling coils, insulation, and thin-film photovoltaic cells The rooftop structure rises about 24 feet high, ...

An FIU professor has a plan to get rid of the blue tarps that inevitably appear on rooftops after a hurricane. Arindam Gan Chowdhury has patented a concrete roofing system that aims to replace the ...

As you travel around Britain, the distinctive characteristics of villages and towns change markedly as architectural styles vary from region to region. This is partially down to local preferences and ...

A prototype for an ultra-thin, sinuous concrete roof using innovative design and fabrication methods has been designed and built by researchers from the ETH Zürich. The shell is part of a roof-top ...

The Kalzip DuoPlus E System retains all the qualities and benefits of a standard Kalzip standing seam roofing system. This hybrid system combines high-density thermal insulation with compressible ...

HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Westlake Royal Building Products ™ unveils Westlake Royal Roofing ™, one of six dynamic product solutions launched as part of a total brand transformation, at the 2022 ...

Team: Pease Construction, general and concrete contractor; Becker Architects, architect; CT Engineering, structural engineer; Stoneway Concrete, ready-mix supplier; Oldcastle Precast, precast concrete ...

For 20 years business partners David Harris and David Forren have attended preconstruction meetings, and for 20 years, as the building team got to the specs for polished concrete—which architects and ...