"We want to be an open book for the city to see a project like this happen. We were the first to build a mass timber structure in Miami, and we had open symposiums for students and professionals as it ...

Explore the top 15 building products for July 2026—from fire-resistive glass and high-performance windows to data center containment and resilient wall systems—curated by ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jeffrey Steele has been a freelance writer for one-third of a century. Rendering of a Lewisboro, N.Y. disaster-resilient home by ...

What goes behind a retaining wall matters just as much as the blocks you can see, and choosing the wrong material could ...

For good reasons, sustainability is becoming more important and prevalent in the building trades. Planning a home build or remodeling project often brings up terms like sustainable, eco-friendly or ...

If you think of the primary building materials that are used in the construction of your home, what types come to mind? You’d probably agree that materials such as wood, steel, and concrete make up a ...

Katherine Gallagher is a writer and sustainability expert. She holds a B.A. in English Literature from Chapman University and a Sustainable Tourism certificate from the GSTC. Before finding salvage ...

Interest in building with earthen and other natural materials — such as adobe — spiked in the wake of Eaton and Palisades fires. Architects and engineers say that L.A. County’s approval process for ...

Researchers at the University of Chicago’s Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering have designed a chameleon-like building material that changes its infrared color—and how much heat it absorbs or ...