Why does reuse still feel like an uphill battle? We need an approach that treats materials not as static commodities, but as elements within a living, adaptive, and often circular system.

Phrases like “circular economy principles” and “design for disassembly” are meaningless if materials are never actually recovered

Sustainability in construction is often framed in absolutes. Materials are either "sustainable" or "unsustainable." But reality is more...

Concrete and steel remain the dominant materials in construction, in part due to their hidden subsidies from the fossil fuel industry....

Back in 2017 Scott submitted a couple of papers for the IABSE Conference; Creativity and Collaboration held in Bath UK. The purpose of...

Digging into the detail: making the case for rammed earth We all know the stereotypes surrounding earth buildings. The very mention of...

Not all contemporary innovation is about exploiting digital fabrication or creating wild new forms. By applying a new way of thinking to...

To utilise stone’s high ratio of compressive to tensile strength to maximum eɈect, stone structures can be compressed using tensioned...

Since the construction of the first British example of a cantilever stone staircase (Inigo Jones’ ‘tulip’ staircase in Queen’s House in...

Dimension stone has been employed as a structural material for thousands of years, but its use has declined in recent times. The loss of...