A 'smart toilet' toilet will be fitted with technology that can detect a range of disease markers in stool and urine. Few think of the...

For a world just emerging from the isolation of lockdown into social distancing, the presence and importance of nature in our lives has...

Europe’s largest independent hemp grower and processor doubled down on the crop’s potential in the EU construction sector last month when...

You may have heard the saying “If it’s not grown, it’s mined.” It’s as true for construction materials as it is for anything. The...

From a science museum in Seoul constructed by robots to a conference centre completed with robotic assistance in just 100 days, new...

South Africa has received "firm commitment" running into billions of rands for some of the 276 infrastructure projects that the...

In 1933, the Finnish architect and designer Hugo Alvar Henrik Aalto, along with his first wife, Aino, completed the Paimio Sanatorium, a...

In the past, we have often seen ambitious conceptual ideas for 3D printed buildings – even skyscrapers – draw much hype but never see the...

When giant blobs began appearing on city skylines around the world in the late 1980s and 1990s, it marked not an alien invasion but the...

Back in 2015 we looked at an interesting approach to automated construction in the form of a brick-laying robot, capable of putting...

In 1977, a New York Times article by Carter B. Horsley proclaimed that “Glamorous Glass Bricks Are Booming:” once a “less than...

Innovative robots promise greater precision, speed and safety, but will they address the global talent shortage and meet the...

Technology giant Tencent has unveiled plans for an almost entirely car-free "city of the future," equivalent in size to Monaco, in the...

A tiny home with a view will soon be available in the Czech Republic. The design, Prvok, will be the first 3D-printed home in the Czech...

Pouring concrete is part science, part art. The mix has to be given time to cure at a proper temperature and humidity; if it isn't cured...

For Dr Phuong (Jonathan) Tran, senior lecturer in advanced manufacturing at RMIT University, the future of building materials comes from...

Architecture has (re)discovered wood as a building material for urban spaces. In recent months, the two tallest wooden buildings in the...

Iron gates, burglar alarms, CCTV cameras, smoke detectors and fire extinguishers. We use all that and a lot more to make our homes safer...

According to history, pandemics have always brought a change in the way we live, work and even design of our homes. The COVID-19 lockdown...

Located on Qetaifan Island North in proximity to Lusail International Stadium, which will host the opening and final games of the FIFA...