Concrete block is manufactured with a hollow-core structure that allows for optimized designs. This increases efficiency while using fewer raw materials.

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.

Dubbed “bio-blocks,” they offer a zero-carbon substitute to their concrete alternatives and were engineered by Prometheus Materials and the Chicago-based architecture firm Skidmore, Owings ...

Midcentury design 'breeze blocks' are featured in L.A. restaurants including Broken Spanish, B.S. Taqueria and Square One Dining.

If we told you there was a sustainable substitute for concrete you’d probably say rubbish!… and you would be right. The dream of a resource-saving, emissions-reducing replacement for concrete ...

New Delhi-based Zero Energy Design Lab has completed a girls' hostel building with a pigmented concrete facade and an exterior staircase in Gurugram, India.

Research lab Matter Design worked with building materials company CEMEX to design and produce concrete boulders—some weighing up to 25 tons—that can be maneuvered by hand. The blocks, which ...

A pile of concrete blocks dumped into the sea has reignited centuries of tension between Britain and Spain over a rocky outpost at the mouth of the Mediterranean. Three Royal Navy warships set ...

Art World These 13,000-Pound Concrete Blocks Can Be Moved With One Hand—and They Provide Vital Clues About How Stonehenge Was Made The project may reveal how the mysterious ancient site was ...

The blocks were initially placed after the city removed a long-standing RV encampment. In the fall, a bike lane will be installed where they once sat.

The second phase of Press Blocks, which is currently under construction at 1621 S.W. Taylor St. in Portland's Goose Hollow neighborhood, was recently honored for concrete design by the Oregon ...