In the new Phaidon book "Concrete Architecture," Los Angeles writers Sam Lubell and Greg Goldin examine a construction material that’s often derided as the building block of urban eyesores ...

But it doesn’t have to be that way. We have collated 11 green building materials that offer alternatives to concrete, and a lower environmental impact. Rather than relying on new research and ...

“We’re not the first ones to biomineralize something and call it a building material. … But if you want to keep (the bacteria) alive for longer so that you can do more with them, there’s ...