The plastic bottle you just tossed in the recycling bin could provide structural support for your future house. MIT engineers ...
The MIT HAUS team is pioneering 3D-printed floor trusses from recycled plastic, aiming to revolutionize sustainable construction with lightweight materials.
MIT aims to make house construction more sustainable by using discarded plastics to print structural components.
3D printing is transforming single-use trash into permanent infrastructure. Engineers at MIT are successfully ...
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Barns: When to renovate and when to replace

We explain the factors to consider when deciding whether to demolish or convert a barn ...
Learn how to plan, route, and install hydronic radiant systems in timber-frame structures to deliver quiet, efficient, and visually unobtrusive heating solutions.
Paying homage to the long-dead Transcendentalist, some people are building full-scale replicas of Henry David Thoreau’s Walden cabin.
Seeking to define more robust and executable structures, this article presents a computational framework for the optimal design of steel truss frames, which integrates two software of great prominence ...
Located just 30 minutes north of Prince Albert at Emma Lake, Saskatchewan, Lakeland Log and Timber has become one of Western Canada’s most capable and respected log and timber builders. From cozy ...