Construction with Drones
ETH is leading in the research of using drones in construction. It has started a research since 2012 to investigate and develop methods and techniques for robotic aerial construction. read more Read more
Flexbrick – a brick fabric textile system
Flexbrick is a breath of fresh air in the realm of traditional building materials application. Doctor Architect Vicente Sarrablo, Director of the School of Architecture of the International University of Architecture created flexbrick as an industrialized system for flexible ceramic sheets for the construction of cladding and laminated structures.... Read more
Peri Gridflex
GRIDFLEX is used for constructing residential and multi-storey buildings. The standard element weighs only 20 kg, and is pushed upwards into position by means of the Shuttering Aid GF with site personnel safely positioned on the slab below. Slab props are subsequently hooked in and vertically aligned. On the... Read more
Five Cutting-Edge Building Materials to Watch in 2016
BLAINE BROWNELL, AIA predicts his list of 5 building materials to watch in 2016. The following materials technologies, I expect, will make significant headway this year. None is yet commercially available, but many will launch in 2016 and the others will get that much closer to market availability during the period.... Read more
Equitone fibre cement facade
EQUITONE  is a through-coloured facade material designed by and for architects. Our company has produced these façade panels since the 1950´s under the name ¨ETERNIT¨. Every EQUITONE panel is unique, showing the raw, untreated texture of the fibre cement base material. Fibre cement is a cement composite material  that... Read more
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