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A tiny home made using the nacelle casing from a wind turbine
Environment

Recycled wind turbines may one day become tiny homes and floating playgrounds

By Andrew Paul

High-rise buildings made of mass timber are appearing in skylines around the world, including, from left, the Ascent skyscraper in Milwaukee, and others in Skellefteå, Sweden; Brumunddal, Norway; Vienna; and Vancouver, Canada.
Technology

Sustainable building effort reaches new heights with wooden skyscrapers

By Kurt Kleiner/Knowable Magazine

Dragonfly wing on black background in neon light. Close-up.
Technology

To build a better dome, look to dragonfly wings

By Andrew Paul

Concrete material with hollow tube design
Technology

Bone-like, hollow concrete design makes it 5.6 times stronger

By Andrew Paul

Crystal Palace in 1851 Britain.
Technology

How standard screws cracked a 173-year-old architectural mystery

By Andrew Paul

Concept art of timber skyscraper in Milwaukee
Engineering

Milwaukee wants to build the world’s tallest timber skyscraper (again)

By Andrew Paul

Concept art of Neom Stadium in Saudi Arabia
Engineering

Saudi Arabia wants to top its linear city with a sci-fi soccer stadium

By Andrew Paul

Suspended skyscraper at Three Gorges
Engineering

7 wild concepts from the 2024 Skyscraper Competition

By Andrew Paul

Concept art of superstructure with gravity battery inside
Climate Change

Colossal skyscrapers could harness height for gravity batteries

By Andrew Paul

Metamaterial film on glass
Engineering

New material looks like frosted glass but lets in more light than a window

By Andrew Paul

Factory of the Future 1.0 3D printer with man standing in front of it
Technology

Makers of the world’s largest 3D printer just beat their own record

By Andrew Paul

Illustration of biofiber within cracked concrete
Technology

Bacterial ‘blood’ could heal cracks in concrete

By Andrew Paul

California Forever concept art of utopian cityscape
Technology

Billionaire-backed company has bought all the land it needs for its ‘city of yesterday’

By Andrew Paul

Green architecture homes
Technology

The EPA wants to tighten up their ‘zero-emission’ building definition

By Andrew Paul

Two people sitting in mycocrete dome structure
Technology

Fungi spores and knitting combine to make a durable and sustainable building material

By Andrew Paul

Ephemeral exhibit at London Design Biennale
Environment

Bendy, eco-friendly wooden walls were inspired by guitar curves

By Andrew Paul

Notre Dame de Paris cathedral on sunny day
Technology

Workers rely on medieval era tech to reconstruct the Notre Dame

By Andrew Paul

the burj khalifa, the tallest building in the world in dubai
Technology

The tallest building in the world remains unchallenged—for now

By Rob Verger

Large termite mound in the African Savannah
Technology

Termite mounds may one day inspire ‘living, breathing’ architecture

By Andrew Paul

A digital rendering of the Green Mosque in Balkh, Afghanistan
Technology

‘Extended reality’ will help preserve some of Afghanistan’s most endangered historical sites

By Andrew Paul