Gravity retaining walls are thicker at their base than at the top. By design, the weight of interlocking building materials such as bricks or concrete blocks is greater than the force of the earth ...

Tests by MIT showed that one glass brick can handle pressure similar to that of regular concrete blocks. In a real-world test ...

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

Enormous blocks of stone ... typically known as "dry stone walls," in which builders collected stones from the surrounding countryside that could be placed in an interlocking formation.

Concrete roof tiles come in many different types. Popular types include flat, barrel, interlocking ... roofing may require extra insulation to block out unwanted noise.

Move over, 3D printed houses. There’s a new game in town, and it is able to use standard concrete blocks to build the walls of a house in just one day. Australian company FBR’s Hadrian X is a ...

Building a "big, beautiful wall" between the US and Mexico was the signature promise of President Donald Trump's 2016 election campaign. A concrete ... A series of "interlocking policies" have ...

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Plans to build a new homes sales centre, after the last one was issued with a removal notice by the council is among the ...

The concave concrete structures were designed to pick up sound waves from enemy aircraft, making it possible to predict their flight trajectory, giving enough time for ground forces to be alerted ...

I used a stiff dry brush to remove the powder, and the concrete blocks beneath looked clean with no dark or stained areas. To be sure, I went back a few days later, after it had rained ...

Students from Bilkent University have completed a community centre for Syrian refugees in Hatay, Turkey, in collaboration with their professor Chen-Yu Chiu and his architecture firm Studio Cho.