The Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology (KICT, led by President Kim Byung-suk) announced the development of a new modular construction method capable of building structures by ...

Concrete builds the modern world but carries a heavy carbon cost. Discover the engineering advantages, material innovations, and decarbonization efforts defining its future.

The term "pre-fabricated" may evoke images of standardized and repetitive constructions, like the ones built after World War II when fast and affordable housing was a priority.. Today, however, the ...

Many urban planners predict that by 2050, more than 6 billion people will live in cities, and in places where building outwards isn't an option, the only way to keep up with the growing density is to ...

Design flexibility and structural performance have opened the door to a much wider range of building applications”— ...

In recent years, a quiet revolution has been unfolding within the construction industry. Modular fabric structures—once confined to temporary military tents or seasonal warehouses—are now emerging as ...

As an emerging 3D cell culture system, organoid technology has demonstrated substantial potential in basic research and translational medicine by recapitulating in vivo organ structures and functions.

A new construction method featuring LEGO-like bricks made from a renewable composite material took first place for building innovations at the 2024 JEC Composites Innovation Awards in Paris, France.