Sundance film festival: the documentarian’s feature debut, essentially an extended episode of his HBO series, turns an exploration of concrete into a meditation on change For those in the know, the ...

The creator of HBO's 'How To with John Wilson' learns about a building material, Italian wax sculptures, New York City housing initiatives and more in this Sundance-bowing doc. By Daniel Fienberg ...

Scientists have been working for the last few years on enhancing concrete – arguably the most common construction material on the planet – to store energy. That includes researchers at Massachusetts ...

Concrete driveways cost more than asphalt driveways, but they tend to last longer, especially in hot weather. Some or all of the mortgage lenders featured on our site are advertising partners of ...

Cat owners have been descending on hardware stores on an unusual mission—picking up a concrete slab, typically for patios and garden paths, for their feline friend to lounge on. Costing as little as ...

Wood is, by far, the most common material used in the U.S. for single-family-home construction. But wood construction isn’t engineered for long-term durability, and it often underperforms, ...

The kitchen has long since moved beyond a purely functional space, becoming a statement room, social hub, and integral part of a home’s design identity. As homeowners seek to modernise and personalise ...

Thousands of gallons of ill-aimed pee could be spared from lavatory floors thanks to a new urinal design, scientists say. Around 1 million liters (264,172 gallons) of urine are spilled onto the floor ...

A urinal designed to avoid urine splashback on the user and the floor will improve sanitation, bathroom cleanliness, and user experience. Urinal designs have not materially changed in over a century.

Three-dimensional renderings of urinals. From left to right: Duchamp’s “La Fontaine,” a contemporary commercial model, Cornucopia, and Nautilus. A urinal designed to avoid urine splashback on the user ...

In June, the Italian Ministry of Culture announced the excavation of a new room, not yet open to the public, in the ruins of Pompeii. A few weeks later, a group of archaeologists gathered to marvel at ...

A new type of self-healing concrete has debuted in the U.S. market. The concrete, which is called Basilisk Self-Healing Concrete, gets its self-healing properties from bacteria that is mixed into it.