Pioneering in its approach to materials, Rammed Earth House is a home of tactile beauty, as well as one of the few examples ...

Renovating your bathroom? Turn old tubs, sinks and loos into striking garden features and practical pieces indoors while ...

The series in which readers answer other readers’ questions explores the sounds and music that play on repeat mentally – and how to escape their aural clutches ...

February came and, fair enough, it wasn’t getting any better. Fair enough, Thomas Frank was clearly out of his depth. The ...

Navigating the Complexity of Biomass Raw Materials A successful pelletization process begins with a deep understanding of the raw material. Biomass is not a monolithic category; the structural ...

With record-breaking greenhouse gas levels and global temperatures rising, the global integrated design firm DLR Group has announced it has reached a new milestone: over two million square feet of ...

SEVERAL investigators have shown that the behaviour of rubber is affected appreciably by its previous stress-strain history. Their observations, in the main however, are based on indirect measurements ...

Older houses do not just creak more when life gets hectic, they absorb stress differently at a structural level. Age changes how wood, masonry, and metal respond to load, moisture, and temperature, ...

Do you race to the pantry when you feel down or otherwise upset? You’re not alone. It’s common for people to turn to food for comfort as a way to cope with big, difficult feelings. When you eat in ...