Concrete is a huge contributor to worldwide CO2 emissions, and cinder blocks make up a significant part of this. However, a new project by SOM, in collaboration with Prometheus Materials ...

Here's the truth. You can build a poured concrete foundation that can crack and cave in within a year, and you can build a concrete block foundation that can last for hundreds of years with no ...

You have two options for building a retaining wall with concrete. If you're set on getting the job done yourself without professional assistance, using concrete blocks is the way to go.

ByFusion’s machine, called the Blocker System, converts the discarded waste into building blocks without having to sort or pre-wash them, a major obstacle in the plastic recycling process.

To create it, the designers engineered a series of 5-foot-tall concrete blocks, each weighing between 926 and 1,543 pounds and made from two different densities of concrete.

The RENCO Structural Building System has a straightforward building pattern and the blocks are very lightweight. “A concrete block weighs about 37 lbs when it's dried out. Our blocks weigh 8 1/2 ...

Transitioning from research to commercialization, the Colorado-based company now produces bio-concrete using blue-green algae, akin to natural processes forming sea shells and coral reefs. Skip to ...

Debate goes on about whether and how to seal the 6-ton concrete blocks. A locally crowdfunded “time pyramid” in southern Germany will be completed brick by brick over the next 1,000 years.

As weather patterns shift, the way we build matters more than ever. Concrete masonry helps create buildings that stay strong, safe, and efficient over time.