Photo: Vaida Savickaite For SJB architecture director Adam Haddow, bricks hold an inherent warmth that helps to create a sense of intimacy often lacking in concrete buildings. “The nice thing ...

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Positioned on the sun-facing side of a structure, it consists of a wall made from materials like brick, stone, or concrete, and a glass panel or polycarbonate sheet placed a few centimeters in ...

What if we could use renewable concrete bricks to build new structures? It might not seem like it, but construction is one of ...

Subscribe for FREE In mechanical testing, a single glass brick withstood pressures similar to that of a concrete block. As a structural demonstration, the researchers constructed a wall of ...

To curate this guide to the best cooling mattress toppers, I looked for toppers that incorporate cooling agents like gel, copper, or graphite infusions into foam and that have covers made from ...

They’re like a deck screw, except that they have threads designed to grip directly into concrete and brick. Hole diameter is ...

Concrete is a relatively cost-effective material when compared to stone or brick. Anticipate spending about $6 per square foot for the raw material, ranging from around $4 to $8 per square foot ...

It is unclear how long it will be before we see these glass bricks actually being used to construct buildings. It is more likely we’ll see things like hollow concrete getting more usage first ...

The Brick in Architecture Awards has nine categories: commercial, education – K-12, higher education - colleges and universities, residential – single family, residential – multi-family ...

The 270 million-tonne Indian cement industry, witnessing demand growth of 9-10% on the back of the infrastructure sector, is likely to witness the most unfavourable phase in the next six months.

Having more experience with lying on mattresses than most, McKenzie has reviewed over 150 beds and a variety of different sleep products including pillows, mattress toppers and sheets. McKenzie ...