The Debris Block House is a private residence in Bangalore, India, close to the city's centre. Using debris material from an older existing building on-site, mud-concrete blocks were created and ...

One of the topics of the Innovation in Construction Symposium this year was insulated concrete form buildings.

Tests by MIT showed that one glass brick can handle pressure similar to that of regular concrete blocks. In a real-world test, researchers built a wall with these interlocking glass bricks ...

Instead of the old box-like concrete structures with which we are all famil iar, it will be possible to have attractive houses at a much lower cost than was possible in the first-mentioned type.

Studio Abroad and Material Cultures have designed Block House in Somerset, United Kingdom. This project is a new timber framed structure that is inherently low-embodied carbon, using a natural ...

Concrete blocks and cement blocks are preformed, manufactured concrete structures that are ready for on-site installation. They are manufactured, cast, and cured in factories or other production ...

These interlocking ... at MIT hopes that these glass blocks can soon be used as an alternative, or addition to, concrete and plastic to make 3D-printed houses. Photo: Ethan Townsend via ...

Pros and Cons of Buying a House on a Concrete Slab Mark Cussen, CMFC, has 13+ years of experience as a writer and provides financial education to military service members and the public.

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For everyone, that is, except those lucky enough to snap up a property on this year’s season of The Block. Here are just some of the fun, quirky and luxe things you’ll find in each house.

Storm clouds may be on the horizon for the grand finale ofThe Block in popular holiday destination Phillip Island. Five freshly renovated, rebuilt and fully furnished homes in the same gated ...