Rima Sabina Aouf

Design Museum pushes for stone construction in the UK with Stone Demonstrator

November 11, 2025 Rima Sabina Aouf 0

Stone makes up the facade, frame, foundations and floor slabs in the Stone Demonstrator, a project by London’s Design Museum aimed at getting the British construction industry to embrace the “ultra-low-carbon” material. A traditional but these days sometimes overlooked structural material, stone is given centre stage in the Stone Demonstrator, a 1:1 scale prototype of

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Eight Indigenous technologies that could turn the tide on how we manage water

October 24, 2025 Rima Sabina Aouf 0

Architect Julia Watson has followed up her seminal book Lo-TEK with a new volume focused specifically on Indigenous approaches to extreme water scenarios. Here, she shares an exclusive preview of eight examples from floating farms to sponge parks. With the first Lo-TEK book, subtitled Design by Radical Indigenism, Watson introduced readers, many for the first

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ETH Zurich explores novel fabrication method for light and reusable concrete staircase

October 14, 2024 Rima Sabina Aouf 0

Material-saving and reversible construction approaches are showcased in the spine-like Cadenza concrete spiral staircase, created by researchers at technology university ETH Zurich working with ROK Architects. The Cadenza staircase is the latest contribution to the NEST building, a laboratory for experimental fabrication techniques that ETH Zurich shares with other research institutes in the Swiss city

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Wood waste and bioplastic floor panel boasts the strength of steel

September 30, 2024 Rima Sabina Aouf 0

US researchers working with SHoP Architects have created a potential alternative to steel and concrete as a structural floor material: recyclable panels made entirely from bioplastic and wood flour. The prefabricated panel was made using 3D printing by researchers at the US Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and the University of Maine

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Yoghurt window coating proposed as emergency heatwave measure

August 23, 2024 Rima Sabina Aouf 0

British engineer Tom Greenhill has proposed a low-cost, low-energy solution for keeping UK homes cool in a heatwave: painting the outside of windows with yoghurt. Painted on with a roller, yoghurt dries quickly and creates a fritted glass-like effect that Greenhill says should reflect light and heat in much the same way as other energy-efficient

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Recycling “breakthrough” could usher in zero-emissions cement

May 31, 2024 Rima Sabina Aouf 0

Researchers at the University of Cambridge have devised a way of cheaply producing low-carbon concrete at scale by making use of waste cement and the steel industry’s electric arc furnaces. The method developed by the engineers involves recycling old cement from demolished buildings by heating it up and reactivating the compounds within it. Key to

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Design Space AlUla launches with exhibition on local architecture, graphics and jewellery

February 16, 2024 Rima Sabina Aouf 0

The Design Space AlUla gallery is set to open this weekend in a Corten steel-latticed building designed by Italian architects Giò Forma Studio in the town of AlUla, Saudi Arabia. Situated in a low-lying complex, Design Space AlUla was established by the government-led Royal Commission for AlUla as a place to showcase works from around the

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First full-height timber wind turbine opens in Sweden

January 29, 2024 Rima Sabina Aouf 0

The world’s first full-scale timber wind turbine has started turning in Sweden, with a tower built by wood technology company Modvion. The 105-metre-tall tower, located in the region of Skara, is Modvion’s first commercial wind turbine tower, and follows on from a smaller 30-metre-high demonstration project the company completed in 2020. While its rotor blades

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Studio Bark devises structural use for waste timber in English woodlands

January 26, 2024 Rima Sabina Aouf 0

British architecture practice Studio Bark has worked with students from the University of East London to devise a roof-supporting column with otherwise unusable timber at a site within ancient English woodland. Named Spindles, the project, which borrowed techniques from local chair making traditions, involved using small pieces of shaped wood to make a roof-supporting column.

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Revalu aims to improve access to materials data for architects

December 22, 2023 Rima Sabina Aouf 0

The Revalu platform uses one million data points and an AI-powered accuracy checker to enable architects to compare the environmental impacts of different building materials. Founded by data scientists in Denmark and launched earlier this year, Revalu aims to cater to both large and small architecture practices, with three different ways to engage with its

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