For centuries, innovations in structural materials have prioritized strength and durability—often at a steep environmental ...

Building blocks have always played an important part ... Children can create imaginative structures, experiment with colour combinations, and design intricate layouts that reflect their creativity.

Once completed, the individual rooms become three-dimensional building blocks. For the pilot project, blocks will be stacked to form a 13-room house overlooking one of the city’s central canals.

Ever since the discovery of organic molecules in a meteorite that landed in Australia about half a century ago, scientists have been tantalized by the possibility that the building blocks of life ...