L.A. County officials signaled interest in rebuilding in fire zones with natural materials, such as adobe, but advocates say ...

Move over, concrete: There's a new building material in town By now, you've probably heard about 3D-printed concrete houses . They're quick, cheap and produce less waste than traditional building ...

Traditional techniques and materials like grass and clay aren't the only ones being utilised at Wa Samaki– they also use discarded materials to reduce waste. An on-site gazebo is made from ...

Rwanda plans to establish a model eco-park for clay products in Rwamagana District, as part of efforts to promote sustainable construction and reduce reliance on imported building materials ...

Fans of "natural building" techniques, like the cob used by Pedersen, see need and opportunity. Adobe bricks made of clay, sand and straw, similar to cob, have long been used in the Southwest.

Utilizing a machine that could one day be transported to construction sites, blobs of the material are shot straight downward at speeds of up 10 meters (32.8 ft) per second.

Both new constructions and projects utilizing repurposed clay materials are encouraged. Innovation Meets Sustainability As a building material, brick is uniquely suited to today's construction ...

For clay-based structures like the ones Ramjit is building, being raised off the ground is a necessity to protect the clay from absorbing too much moisture from the earth. Repurposing waste ...

Rwanda plans to establish a model eco-park for clay products in Rwamagana District, as part of efforts to promote sustainable construction and reduce reliance on imported building materials ...