Humankind has the technology to go to space. Space architect Ariel Ekblaw says the bottleneck now is real estate: getting ...

In some parts of the world, there are entire cities made of earth. It’s one of the oldest building techniques there is: Scoop up the mix of clay and sand and silt that lies beneath the topsoil, pack ...

New models that show how the continents were assembled are providing fresh insights into the history of the Earth and will help provide a better understanding of natural hazards like earthquakes and ...

AlUla Immersive Living Project. AlUla, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Render. Image © Lina Ghotmeh — Architecture Thermal mass is the ability of a material to absorb ...

SpaceX founder and science-fiction fan Elon Musk is attempting to make the fiction of space travel a scientific reality. ‘In order to safeguard the existence of humanity,’ he explains, ‘we need to ...

Rammed earth construction is an ancient method where a mixture of damp earth and a stabilizing agent is compressed into formwork. The mixture is placed and compacted in layers until the desired wall ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover aerospace, astronomy & hosted The Cosmic Controversy Podcast. The modular tin cans that took us to the moon and back, and ...

Just four years before the 1979 Islamic revolution, Nader Khalili abandoned his career building fancy high rises and other conventional structures and set off into the desert of Iran on a motorbike to ...

Even if it eventually becomes available, a vacation to the Moon is going to be financially out of reach for most of us. Such is the thinking behind a novel US$5-billion architecture proposal that's ...

“Mind the Earth,” an upcoming exhibition at the Danish Architecture Centre, is a carefully curated exhibition of stunning yet terrifying Google Earth images that offer stark photographic evidence of ...

Google Earth recently relaunched with a host of new features to help people explore the world in even more detail without ever having to leave the air-conditioned comforts of their homes. One of the ...