Architecture and Construction

Living bridges: How traditional Indian building techniques can make modern cities more climate-friendly

Inaccessible valleys and ravines lead from the North East Indian Meghalaya plateau to the wide plains of Bangladesh. In the monsoon months the mountain streams…

Corrosion – Slow Decay

The owner of a new Swiss industrial facility for the production of high-tech machinery was faced with a mystery: Kilometres of brand new stainless steel and…

Switch2save: smart windows and glass façades for highly efficient energy management

Climate change is a topic now on everyone's lips and climate targets are being discussed at all levels. Solutions such as the use of natural resources for…

Switch2Save: smart windows and glass façades for highly efficient energy management using novel switching technologies

Climate change is a topic now on everyone's lips and climate targets are being discussed at all levels. Solutions such as the use of natural resources for…

Wood that Shapes Itself

Researchers from the University of Stuttgart, ETH Zurich and the Swiss Empa have presented a method with which wood panels themselves bend into a previously…

For a better climate in the cities: Start-up develops maintenance-free, evergreen moss façades

Around 400 million years ago, mosses formed on Earth. Unlike other plants, they do not have roots. “They filter their nutrients out of the air,” says botanist…

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