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Sensor-packed Footbridge Demonstrates Efficacy of Flax Construction
Brief With concrete being a major contributor of carbon emissions, a team led by the Eindhoven University of Technology is researching whether flax could be used as a greener building material, and to this end has completed a sensor-packed footbridge. Insight...
AI Software Startup gets into DFMA
Brief Slate Technologies, a maker of construction software platforms leveraging artificial intelligence, is looking to wade into industrialized construction with its acquisition of Splash Modular. Splash specializes in streamlining parametric design data by...
Mapei, Black Buffalo 3D partner on New Mortar
Brief Black Buffalo 3D and Mapei have teamed up to produce a special mortar for 3D printing concrete called Planitop 3D. Michael Woods, CEO and chief operating officer of Big Sun Holdings, said the new material "makes 3D printing homes, buildings and infrastructure...
Concrete Bricks Flow into U-shaped Courtyard in Korea
Brief Nameless Architecture turned to rough concrete bricks to design the U-shaped two-building complex in Daejeon, South Korea. The concrete bricks cover a curved exterior that culminates in a courtyard between the two buildings. Insight Below the eastern...
Prefab Tiny House Doubles Down on Flexibility and Views
Brief With most of its interior on view, the Tini M isn't the best fit for busy areas, but it allows its owners to feel immersed in nature. The non-towable tiny house comes with a range of options, including its layout and full off-the-grid functionality. ...
Longest Bridge in Philippines Features Precast Girders
Brief The Cebu-Cordova Link Expressway, the longest bridge in the Philippines, has opened. Crews used a 120-meter-long launching gantry to lift the massive post-tensioned precast concrete girders for the cable-stayed bridge, said Clemente Caruso, design manager for...
Meta Project Applies AI to Curb Concrete Carbon
Brief Artificial intelligence is being applied to concrete mixtures to reduce their carbon emissions at Facebook parent Meta's new data center in Dekalb, Ill. Meta says it's encouraged by testing of the slab-on-grade concrete's performance in a joint project with the...
Build a Floating City in South Korea
Brief As concerns about rising sea levels grow, the idea of people living in climate-resilient floating cities is gaining traction. UN-Habitat, BIG, SAMOO, Oceanix and others have joined forces on a plan to build a prototype floating city in South Korea. ...
Alquist to c3D print 200 Homes in Va.
Brief Alquist is looking to address the US housing shortage by using Black Buffalo 3D's Nexcon printer to build 200 homes in southwest Virginia. The project, which follows Alquist's recent collaboration with Habitat for Humanity in Williamsburg, Va., will be the...