In San Francisco, where the ground shifts, the climate changes and neighborhoods grow ever more connected, buildings aren’t just structures — they’re promises of resilience, in the face of an ...

Wood is an essential global resource. Used for construction, fuel, paper, furniture, textiles and more, it is renewable, versatile, strong and biodegradable. These benefits lead to the ever-growing ...

A new study has unveiled a cutting-edge framework that harnesses deep learning and remote sensing to identify building materials with remarkable accuracy. This innovative approach enables the ...

Chemists at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev have developed a “smart” polymer that could make industrial curing, 3D printing and repairs simpler, safer and more energy-efficient with materials whose ...

A fireside chat at Light + Intelligent Building Middle East examines reuse-led strategies for existing buildings in the ...

When humans are cold, we put on a jacket—or bump up the thermostat. When we’re hot, we shed a layer—or bump up the air conditioner. But what if our buildings could do the same, on their own? A team of ...

Haley Mast is a freelance writer, fact-checker, and small organic farmer in the Columbia River Gorge. She enjoys gardening, reporting on environmental topics, and spending her time outside ...

Fungi are master engineers capable of building vast networks underground. Now, researchers have harnessed their capabilities to create a living building material that could be a sustainable ...

Researchers at the University of Chicago’s Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering have designed a chameleon-like building material that changes its infrared color—and how much heat it absorbs or ...

Generative AI (GenAI) services like ChatGPT and Google Gemini vividly illustrate how artificial intelligence (AI) technology can derive value from volumes of data that are too vast for humans to ...