The current architectural design industry is facing critical challenges in digital transformation. Traditional CAD software has shortcomings in professional collaboration and data interoperability, ...

Concrete blocks have been installed to protect a traveller-hit Birmingham park. Swanshurst Park has suffered nearly half a dozen incursions since the beginning of 2025. Last month, they arrived in ...

Abstract: Buildings such as warehouses, supermarkets and retail department stores typically have walls constructed from concrete (cinder) blocks. The web and void design of the individual blocks and ...

Cat owners have been descending on hardware stores on an unusual mission—picking up a concrete slab, typically for patios and garden paths, for their feline friend to lounge on. Costing as little as ...

After blocking parents and schoolchildren with a 'dangerous' six-foot concrete barrier, developers have struck again in a fresh attempt to completely cut off the route. The 2-metre concrete barrier, ...

A cat has been rescued from a concrete ledge on the eighth floor of a tower block. The cat had somehow become perilously positioned on the exterior wall of the Hanley tower block - with no way of ...

Architects have a new learning tool for designing resilient, sustainable, and high-performance buildings: The Block Learning Hub. This a free-to-access, dynamic educational platform is designed to ...

CRH has been granted a patent for a concrete block designed for assembly into retaining walls. The block features a dry cast concrete body with inset regions for keys, rod-receiving apertures for ...

A Germany-based construction engineering company says it has constructed the world’s first load-bearing concrete walls built with a 3D printer. Züblin built a new warehouse from a single 3D print for ...

The production of the cement used in concrete is a major contributor to worldwide CO2 emissions and since we're reliant on the stuff for our infrastructure, this is a serious problem. However, Nendo ...

Concrete blocks are prefabricated materials primarily used for constructing walls. Similar to bricks, these blocks are stacked together and bonded with mortar, typically composed of cement, sand, and ...

The block wall house designed by nendo. A house in Karuizawa, a town in the mountains near Nagano, Japan, has walls made of the world’s first CO2-removing concrete. It is located beside a road on a ...