The fine line between art and craft, creativity and functionality, personal expression and societal or industrial demands is one that architecture navigates with great care. This duality is ...

Engineers have developed a smart material that could significantly enhance energy efficiency for indoor space cooling. The new thermochromic polymer blend has an estimated lifespan of 60 years and is ...

Very Warm regards to all the participants to Smart Materials Congress 2020 which is going to held on May 25 – 26, 2020 at Amsterdam, Netherlands with a theme “Unveiling the Advancements and ...

This company is leading the movement to transform residential architecture into systems that protect, automate, and elevate the home experience.

Paloma Gormley is leading Material Cultures, which has a DIY approach to material sustainability in architecture, to build the future from the ground up. Despite decades of green certifications, ...

Erupting from fiery volcanoes, lava has historically been an uncontrollable force that destroys buildings and neighborhoods in its wake. But what if that force could instead be redirected and ...

Researchers at UC Santa Barbara and TU Dresden are blurring the lines between robotics and materials, with a proof-of-concept material-like collective of robots with behaviors inspired by biology. Of ...

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--According to the latest market research report released by Technavio, the global piezoelectric smart materials market is expected to accelerate at a CAGR of over 13% during ...