Hacker News with Generative AI: Building Materials

Self Densified Wood (newatlas.com)
While sustainably-grown wood can be an economical and eco-friendly building material, its relatively low tensile strength limits its potential applications.
Sustainable Materials, Building Materials, Wood
24 points by pixiemaster 6 days ago | 1 comments
Good old mud can lower building costs (techxplore.com)
Buildings cost a lot these days. But when concrete buildings are being constructed, there's another material that can make them less expensive: mud.
Construction, Building Materials, Cost Reduction
6 points by PaulHoule 46 days ago | 1 comments
Why Skyscrapers Became Glass Boxes (construction-physics.com)
The most common style for skyscrapers in the US (and probably the world) is the glass box — a structural skeleton of steel or concrete, with a skin of non-load bearing curtain wall made of glass and metal (typically aluminum), and without much in the way of decoration or ornament.
Architecture, Design, Building Materials, History, Urban Planning
126 points by chmaynard 78 days ago | 89 comments
CoRncrete: A corn starch based building material (2017) (tudelft.nl)
Starch is a natural polymer which is commonly used as a cooking ingredient. The renewability and bio-degradability of starch has made it an interesting material for industrial applications, such as production of bioplastic. This paper introduces the application of corn starch in the production of a novel construction material, named CoRncrete.
Building Materials, Sustainability, Biodegradable Materials, Science
152 points by thunderbong 178 days ago | 104 comments
New concrete can turn homes into giant batteries (independent.co.uk)
Building Materials, Energy Storage
11 points by galaxyLogic 291 days ago | 1 comments
A highly insulating, translucent aerogel glass brick for building envelopes (2022) (sciencedirect.com)
Building Materials, Science, Engineering, Insulation, Aerogel
10 points by simonebrunozzi 337 days ago | 0 comments