Australia’s construction sector may be on the brink of a quiet revolution, one built from soil, water, and something most people throw away. Engineers at RMIT University have developed a new building ...

The same material that millions of Americans view solely as a vessel for their Amazon deliveries could be used to construct cheap, sustainable housing in the developing world. That material? Cardboard ...

Engineers at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) in Melbourne, Australia, have developed a new building material made entirely from cardboard, water and soil. Named carboard-confined ...

A team from RMIT University, Australia, combined the durability of rammed earth—a construction technique used to make walls from compressed soil within a lattice of sticks or bamboo—with the ...