Concrete & cement history outlined on an interactive timeline, spaning from the Egyptian Pyramids to modern decorative concrete, complete with photos and descriptions of each event.
Learning Center
In this learning center, we offer some of the things we have learned about historic masonry preservation, lime mortar, and sand.
The flat-pack skyscraper: how wood can shape the cities of the future
The long read: Our buildings are monuments to extraction and extreme emissions. But what if we turned from destructive concrete to timber?
How buildings learn : what happens after they're built
Originally published: New York, NY : Viking, 1994; Includes bibliographical references (p. 224-229) and index; Flow -- Shearing layers -- "Nobody cares what you do in there": the low road --- Houseproud: the high road -- Magazine architecture: no road -- Unreal estate -- Preservation: a quiet, populist, conservative, victorious revolution -- The romance of maintenance -- Vernacular: how buildings learn from each other -- Function melts form: satisficing home and office -- The scenario-buffered building -- Built for change -- Appendix: The study of buildings in time
Lime Putty Mortar
Natural lime putty mortar manufactured right here in America! If a structure was built prior to 1900, it was probably built with natural lime putty mortar.
"Banque nationale de surveillance médicale", 50.000 volontaires d'ici 2030... LFI souhaite "une reconstruction générale" de la sécurité civile
Face aux incendies qui sévissent depuis plusieurs jours dans l'Hexagone, les Insoumis ont décidé de présenter une dizaine de "mesures concrètes" en septembre pour lutter contre la multiplication des feux.
30 Years of Google Search Website Design History - 41 Images - Version Museum
A comprehensive visual history of Google.com from 1996 to 2026. See a gallery of the Google.com evolution from the beginning to present day.
The Ingenious Engineering of Silk: How the 2,000-Year-Old Pattern Loom Powered the Silk Road and the Wealth of Ancient China
The Silk Road's long period of high activity spanned the second century BC and the fifteenth century AD, but its name wasn't coined until more than 400 years after that.
Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record/Historic American Landscapes Survey - About this Collection
Measured drawings, photographs, and written historical and architectural information for structures and sites dating from the 17th-20th centuries in the U.S. and its territories. Documentation for more than 43,000 sites and structures; records being added.
An appreciation for (technical) architecture
Posted on Saturday 28 Mar 2026. 995 words, 14 links. By Matt Webb.
Network science reveals the structure and lasting impact of the Roman road system
Ancient infrastructure can leave lasting imprints on modern settlement patterns and mobility. The Roman road network connected vast regions of Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East, and is often mentioned as an example of such long-term impact. Yet its structural characteristics remain largely unquantified. Here we present a high spatial resolution quantitative exploratory analysis of the Roman Empire’s road system, enabled by our creation of a spatially detailed Empire-wide dataset. We address long-standing questions concerning the straightness and persistence of these roads, and the centrality of cities like Rome. We show that Roman roads tend to be straight where topography allows but less so than modern roads; provincial capitals were more centrally located than other cities for mediating terrestrial mobility; segments hypothesised to be main roads were more important intermediaries than secondary roads; and Roman road density correlates with major modern roads.
Bioreceptive Concrete: When Moss Takes Over the Wall
Cities, often built from concrete and hard surfaces, suffer from a lack of nature. The innovation of bioreceptive concrete offers a new approach: a textured material capable of hosting moss (and other small organisms), gradually transforming grey facades into living walls. This concept is appealing not only for its aesthetic qualities but also for its potential to make urban environments more breathable.What is bioreceptive concrete?The term bioreceptivity refers to a material’s ability to be co
Archaeologists uncover ancient Byzantine city in Egypt’s western desert
Well-preserved fourth-century quarters reveal details of daily life, urban development and economic activities
Modernist tiles with CSS Grid
A Modernist hydraulic tile floor, one motif rotated across the whole room, is something you'll find everywhere in Barcelona. Let's build our own in CSS Grid. Six real motifs, a whole floor of palettes.
