Greensburg Volunteer Fire Department Chief Tom Bell can remember watching an informational film early in his training that emphasized the importance of escaping a fire in the first five minutes. Now, ...

A look at how local resource use, material innovation, and autonomous construction are enabling practical habitat development beyond Earth.

Concrete is one of the most widely used construction materials, but its production is a significant source of carbon emissions due to the energy-intensive process of cement manufacturing. As the ...

As the global community grapples with the urgent need to combat climate change, the construction industry finds itself at a critical juncture. Responsible for approximately 40% of worldwide greenhouse ...

First of the critical building features is construction method. Building construction influences both fire behavior and structural stability under fire conditions. Combustible construction such as ...

In 2003, Stephen Kieran and James Timberlake wrote Refabricating Architecture, a book that argued the time had come to reevaluate and update basic design and construction methods that have constrained ...

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Whatever your political orientation, the developed world’s determination to slow the rate of climate change is already altering commercial construction methods, and opportunities. A flurry of stories ...