The Debris Block House is a private residence in Bangalore, India, close to the city's centre. Using debris material from an older existing building on-site, mud-concrete blocks were created and ...

Tests by MIT showed that one glass brick can handle pressure similar to that of regular concrete blocks. In a real-world test, researchers built a wall with these interlocking glass bricks ...

Instead of the old box-like concrete structures with which we are all famil iar, it will be possible to have attractive houses at a much lower cost than was possible in the first-mentioned type.

Concrete blocks and cement blocks are preformed, manufactured concrete structures that are ready for on-site installation. They are manufactured, cast, and cured in factories or other production ...

Studio Abroad and Material Cultures have designed Block House in Somerset, United Kingdom. This project is a new timber framed structure that is inherently low-embodied carbon, using a natural ...

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 ...

If you’re considering getting a concrete slab in your home, knowing how much it will cost is essential. The first thing to consider when pricing out a concrete job is the square footage of the ...

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Pros and Cons of Buying a House on a Concrete Slab Mark Cussen, CMFC, has 13+ years of experience as a writer and provides financial education to military service members and the public.

We didn’t notice [Nikita]’s post about building a concrete 3D printer, a few months ago, but the idea seems sound: build a basic CNC XY axis and then add a mortar pump and hose to deposit ...

Home ownership is likely one of the largest purchases of your lifetime. Finding, financing, purchasing, maintaining, refinancing, and selling a home is a complicated financial process. Typically ...