Researchers in California have designed new materials, PAMs, using 3D printing that can be fluid or solid depending on stress ...

3D-printed earthen materials reinforced by bacteria and biopolymers; or light-emitting architectural materials designed for use in space that harness natural bioluminescence. Robin Donovan talked ...

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 ...

Architectural engineering focuses on the design and construction ... and a host of structural testing projects on sustainable and energy-efficient materials. Undergraduate students are encouraged to ...

Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) research in the Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering (CEAE) concerns fundamental experimental and theoretical studies at multiple ...

Now development lots are almost prohibitively expensive, and the soaring cost of materials is forcing builders to cut back on bedrock design necessities and pleasing architectural flourishes.

and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe championed using new materials and construction methods, striving for a universal architectural language. Their work introduced radical ideas: open floor plans ...