As pedestrians head down Halsted Street in the Fulton Market district, a spiral structure in the middle of the Mews Pedway invites them to walk toward its center. At a glance, the coil seems to have been assembled with traditional construction materials. But looks are deceiving — these building blocks were made of microalgae. Dubbed “bio-blocks,” they offer a zero-carbon substitute to their .
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As part of our review of 2023, Dezeen's design and environment editor Jennifer Hahn has rounded up 10 of this year's most significant material innovations.
One of the first batches of modern cement was cooked up in a kitchen. In 1824, the British bricklayer Joseph Aspdin began experimenting with clay and limestone, mixing the ingredients with water and heating them in a furnace.