His mother raised 5 kids selling peanut butter on the street. Now, basketball built her a house

Former Oregon Ducks star N'Faly Dante has used his success in college and the NBA to give back to the woman who sacrificed ...
MIT Technology Review

Just pull a string to turn these tile patterns into useful 3D structures

Inspired by the Japanese art of kirigami, an MIT team has designed a technique that could transform flat panels into medical devices, habitats, and other objects without the use of tools.

Your backyard could be a home. Here’s how to build one.

Proposing new homes in existing neighborhoods once amounted to political suicide for local officials. Today, politicians can’t get enough of accessory dwelling units (ADUs): small backyard and ...

Man Uses 700 Baseballs to Construct an 8-Foot Mosaic of Mets Player Francisco Lindor (Exclusive)

Dylan Siddique, a 25-year-old artist and biomedical engineer, turned his Rubik’s Cube–inspired hobby into a full-time career creating interactive mosaics for sports fans.
RIBA Journal

O’Donnell + Tuomey celebrate the power of education at the Liverpool School of Architecture

With inclusive spaces and structural reveals, the new Liverpool School of Architecture building is both a learning tool and an expression of where education can lead.
OPB

OSU researchers are 3D printing more sustainable concrete

A vast amount of our built environment is made of concrete. It’s largely affordable, durable and easy to make. It’s also responsible, by some estimates, for roughly 8% of global CO2 emissions. But the ...
The New York Times

How to Make Friends as an Adult

A practical guide for expanding your circle, with advice from sociable people. By Laura Regensdorf Laura Regensdorf lives in Brooklyn with her hound mix, Pina, who has turned out to be a great ...
collider

How To’s John Wilson Finds Brilliance in a Wild Concept With His First Movie — Review

Ross Bonaime is the Senior Film Editor at Collider. He is a Virginia-based critic, writer, and editor who has written about all forms of entertainment for Paste Magazine, Brightest Young Things, ...
The Hollywood Reporter

‘The History of Concrete’ Review: John Wilson Ponders Permanence and Immortality in Hilarious and Poignant Feature-Length ‘How To’ Follow-Up

The creator of HBO's 'How To with John Wilson' learns about a building material, Italian wax sculptures, New York City housing initiatives and more in this Sundance-bowing doc. By Daniel Fienberg ...
WHYY

Concrete is a big contributor to climate change. Penn researchers say they can shrink its footprint

Masoud Akbarzadeh (left), a professor of architecture at the University of Pennsylvania, is working with students to design concrete structures that use as little concrete as possible while remaining ...
Ars Technica

Pompeii construction site confirms recipe for Roman concrete

Back in 2023, we reported on MIT scientists’ conclusion that the ancient Romans employed “hot mixing” with quicklime, among other strategies, to make their famous concrete, giving the material ...