As a replacement for conventional steel reinforcing, carbon fibre grid can dramatically improve many aspects of concrete performance. It had been used primarily in concrete for rehabilitation ...

In 1995, work was initiated to redevelop the port of Marseille, France. The Euroméditerranée project, as it is known, oversaw the construction of office towers, residential high-rises, and the ...

MIT researchers have discovered that when you mix cement and carbon black with water, the resulting concrete self-assembles into an energy-storing supercapacitor that can put out enough juice to power ...

Pérez Palacios Arquitectos Asociados has designed Barrancas, an off-grid minimalist concrete home in Mexico City.