Two buckets. That’s all that was left at the end of the day when Nexii, a concrete alternative start-up, tore down one of its first demonstration projects. A 700-square-foot showroom and model home ...

When Siobhan Spain and her family deconstructed an old barn on their family farm a few years ago, she re-used the barn wood instead of sending it to the landfill. “My brother works in construction,” ...

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Mass timber is an ideal material for structures designed for deconstruction and offers continued carbon storage after the expiration of the building’s lifespan, as well as removing material from the ...

Although demolition appears to be the more economical option now, a Cornell professor believes deconstruction might be the better method after practices are fine-tuned and environmental benefits are ...

But when the city of San Antonio reached out to her firm, Washington, D.C.-based PlaceEconomics, for help conducting a study on deconstruction — a process of carefully pulling apart buildings to ...

Oliver Wainright of the Guardian calls for a rethink of the way we put buildings together and take them apart. "Ban Demolition" is a tag on TreeHugger because we have long argued for renovation and ...

In the wake of last month's violent protests near Sherman Park, Milwaukee officials Wednesday announced a new initiative in the neighborhood to teach construction job training skills through the ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — When Hunter-Gatherer Brewery & Alehouse on Main Street closed in December 2024 after the lease on the building expired, many people felt like they were losing a piece of their history ...

ITHACA, N.Y. - Shifting from wasteful demolition practices to a circular construction economy in New York state could create thousands of green jobs and advance ambitious climate goals – while ...

Once again, deconstruction of the former Deutsche Bank building across from Ground Zero has been delayed. Now, according to a status update from the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation, the tower ...

If you've noticed the disappearance of a laundry, warehouse and chapel on Fort Leonard Wood, it is not an illusion. The U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville, Alabama, Facilities ...