WASHINGTON — In movies and comic books, Superman could see through concrete walls, but an exhibit at the National Building Museum shows mere mortals can do it too.Called "Liquid Stone," the show ...

Q: I’m dealing with a concrete ceiling in a condominium. If I use LED recessed lighting, do I still have to drop a 6-inch soffit? Someone told me that LED cans take up less space than traditional ...

Concrete contractors are no strangers to project changes. Advance Construction, Vancouver, B.C., recently was tasked with the job of turning two purpose built slabs specified for vinyl tile into ...

Outside the industry, concrete is most often thought of as an important – yet boring – standby of the construction industry. That has started to change with the growing popularity of innovations like ...

Now that LED strips exist, it’s super easy to make your own lighting. Case in point, YouTuber Darbin Orvar shows off her light cube packed between a couple of slabs on concrete. The easiest part of ...

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Concrete offers several major advantages when it comes to the construction of parking areas, says The Concrete Institute’s Managing Director, Bryan Perrie, a global authority on concrete industrial ...

Who knew concrete could be so cool? The Bavarian city of Bad Staffelstein recently unveiled a newly-renovated thermal bath topped with a light-transmitting concrete cave. The cave’s shell, which is ...

After years of hegemony, the design pendulum is finally starting to swing back from modern, efficient design to an unvarnished, industrial aesthetic. Take, for example, this huge, heavy concrete slab ...