Research is currently being undertaken to print 3D objects in concrete, perhaps literally paving the way for concrete flooring to be produced in an entirely different way. The building contractors Skanska is working with a number of partners to develop 3D printing of concrete. Loughborough University started researching 3D concrete printing in 2007 a year […]
Read MoreGothic cathedral architecture has inspired a new type of concrete flooring. Concrete flooring needs to be strong to support the necessary load. This usually requires floors to be at least 25 centimetres thick and be reinforced with steel bars or grids, making them too heavy an option in some cases. Researchers at ETH Zurich’s Technology […]
Read MoreZion Market Research, in publishing a report that looks at the global demand for concrete floors, has forecast considerable growth within the next three years. n 2014, the global market had a valuation $800m (£643m) and this is predicted to reach $1,180m (£948.5m) by 2020, a rise of around 7% a year. The report, titled […]
Read MoreRobert Stock and his wife were married in a Scottish castle, and were so taken by the architecture of the castle that they decided to build their own using insulated concrete. After getting married, the Stocks lived in Connecticut in the United States, and decided that they wanted their own castle built. After considering traditional […]
Read MoreMenswear brand End Clothing recently opened a brand new store in Glasgow, which is located in and old post office and has a number of unique design features. The store, which is End Clothing’s second, was designed by London-based Brinkworth. The firm has turned the old post office space on Ingram Street into a modern […]
Read MoreThe Lund Hagem studio, which is based in Norway’s capital Oslo, has finished work on a ski resort cabin equipped with concrete flooring designed to withstand the tough conditions of high-altitude Norwegian winters. Cabin Geilo, which is situated in the country’s Geilo ski resort, sits 928 metres above sea level, and although this gives the […]
Read MoreA recording studio in Fulham, bought for £200,000, has been transformed into two flats worth nearly £2m. Kate Koumi turned the brick industrial unit, which she purchased as a sound recording studio in 1995, into two flexible and stylish warehouse apartments, which can be converted into one home when needed. Not wanting to be in […]
Read MoreClothing firm Diesel has just opened a brand new store in the Knightsbridge area of London, and it is not only the items on offer that are impressing the shoppers. The store itself, thanks to its unique design bringing together the classic and the industrial, has created a unique and stylish aesthetic. The store’s shopfront […]
Read MoreThe city of Dundee is preparing itself for its new skyline train service by constructing a new train station, which should be complete in just over a year’s time. Work on the station’s new site is believed to be progressing at a pleasing pace after a steel frame weighing 1,100 tonnes began to be installed. […]
Read MoreA Cumbrian disaster action team has responded to claims from insurer Zurich that residents and businesses in flood-prone areas are underprepared, arguing that plenty of work is being done to fend off floods. Stephen Curtis, who is a member of the Keswick Flood Action Group and runs a guest house in the town, told ITV.com […]
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