Earthquakes, pandemics, conflicts, and environmental disasters are some of the events that have challenged architects, planners,...

Load-shedding has once again become a daily reality in South Africa, and experts predict that South Africans should brace for many more...

Akon City, a “futuristic cryptocurrency themed city” founded by music mogul Akon, is ready to begin construction in Senegal, after...

South African retail giant Massmart has increased its footprint in Kenya with the opening of a new Sh500 million building material outlet...

Blockchain has been floating around since the early 90’s, but it has only begun to gain traction in the past decade. Many industries are...

Researchers have developed a way to take soil from the ground and turn it into ink for a 3D printer, which can then be used to build...

What if we turned the world’s growing wastelands of disused plastics into a new kind of sustainable building? The disposal of plastics is...

Imagine a family where both parents are working from home with two or three school-going children who need to do their schoolwork at...

Construction is underway for South Africa’s first light frame steel hospital located in Hammanskraal, a town in northern Gauteng. The...

Scientists want to make housing more sustainable by using living fungus instead of wood and concrete -- a process called fungal...

In the Milan commune of Rozzano, an inspiring pilot project for emergency healthcare architecture has popped up in just 11 weeks in...

Professionals working in the building industry can now subscribe to a new resource launched by the City of Cape Town to help provide...

Timber is one of the most popular materials used in construction and offers several advantages over other building materials. One of the...

Despite a bad reputation in children's stories, straw buildings can be sustainable, comfortable, and, above all, solid and resistant....

Researchers at the University of Strathclyde have received funding to develop an online platform for remote building inspection. The...

Construction technology is now blurring the lines between real and programmed structures Technology firms are not claiming innovations...

Most of us avoid public restrooms like the plague. Sometimes the locks are broken, or the toilets are occupied but not closed properly,...

SpaceX Crew Dragon’s successful return from the space station has added a new dimension in humanity’s plans for space travel. Granted we...

A lot of prejudice and contradictions surround the history of Cannabis sativa around the world. It is estimated that hemp was one of the...

Much progress still needs to be made on the road to a more sustainable world, with South Africa facing hotter and drier summers, and...