The increasing threat of climate change has more and more building owners and homebuyers considering the sustainability of their structures and the role construction plays in global warming and use of ...

Surfaces brand Neolith makes engineered stone without silica, which has been linked to a surge in severe cases of silicosis. (Courtesy Neolith) Because of this, Australia banned engineered stone, and ...

The emergence of super wood, transparent wood, mouldable wood and wood–geopolymer hybrids is redefining the structural and functional performance of bioinspired engineered wood products. Meanwhile, ...

Construction is a major carbon emitter. The manufacture of cement alone accounts for eight percent of the world’s emissions. But humanity certainly isn’t about to stop building things—in fact, fixing ...

Some months back, a video popped up on LinkedIn showing two seemingly identical wood boards side by side. Next came two identical sledgehammers crashing down in unison. One board was immediately ...

Dr. Lee Newton, an optometrist and real estate developer, brings a fresh perspective to conversations about value engineering, sustainability, and energy-efficient building. Through years of ...

Once there was just dimensional lumber. A 2 x 4 was a 2 x 4 wherever a builder happened to go, the only difference perhaps being in what kind of timber from which the board had been milled. Sign up ...

Walk through a new build or renovation right now and you’ll hear the same language come up again and again. Warm. Natural. Timeless. But look past the pretty finishes, and you’ll see a massive shift.

The study of exceptional points (EPs), exotic singularities in non-Hermitian systems, has redefined our understanding of light–matter interactions 1,2,3,4,5. Unlike Hermitian systems governed by ...

A pre-engineered building is indeed a system; one that could be deployed, expanded and even relocated as circumstances shift. In an era of companies embracing agility, why not buildings too? Building ...

In the wake of devastating wildfires in Los Angeles, the urgency for homeowners and construction professionals to embrace fire-resistant building practices has reached a critical peak. Choosing ...