Coffee grounds make concrete 30% stronger, says study
This post was originally published on this site Cristina Lago Deputy Editor Coffee grounds can now be used to improve the strength of concrete (Image:…
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Bernardo Rodrigues Architects creates concrete Sculptor Studio in Portugal
This post was originally published on this site Portuguese practice Bernardo Rodrigues Architects has completed a studio for a sculptor in the Azores, creating a…
Contaminar stacks concrete layers to enclose twisting Portuguese home
This post was originally published on this site Warping layers of glass and concrete have been stacked to form Quinta do Rei, an angular four-storey…
Bak Gordon inserts green-tiled concrete house on sloping street in Lisbon
This post was originally published on this site Portuguese studio Bak Gordon Arquitectos has designed two concrete structures separated by a courtyard for a house on…
Elkus Manfredi cuts openings into 1950s “concrete bunker” in Washington DC
This post was originally published on this site A Cold War-era building designed to withstand nuclear blasts is among the structures that have been renovated…
Tadao Ando adds concrete meditation space to South Korean museum
This post was originally published on this site Light filters through narrow slits in the roof of Space of Light, the second meditation space that…
John Friedman and Alice Kimm include dining room crane in Los Angeles house
This post was originally published on this site Architects John Friedman and Alice Kimm have stacked a white concrete mass with sinuous cutouts into a…
Concrete ‘batteries’ may someday store green energy
This post was originally published on this site A substance used to write ancient Biblical scrolls may have a modern application in helping to store…
On Architects draws on irrigation channels for concrete South Korean cafe
This post was originally published on this site Walls made of exposed concrete and rice straw define Nonspace, a cafe designed by Korean studio On…
Heathrow trials lower carbon concrete
This post was originally published on this site The viability of using low carbon concrete in an airport setting is being put to the test…