Three years ago, Lego pumped $155 million into a new Sustainable Materials Center, which set more than 100 employees on the task of Lego using fully sustainable materials in its products by 2030. This ...

Australian researchers at Swinburne University of Technology have developed strong, sustainable bricks made from used coffee grounds—offering a potential breakthrough in reducing construction’s carbon ...

“Architecture starts when you carefully put two bricks together. There it begins,” said Mies Van Der Rohe, one of the founding fathers of “modern” architecture for the industrial age. Although Mies is ...

The Lego Group has dedicated substantial resources to researching and developing Lego bricks constructed from recycled PET plastic. However, the team disappointedly announced that this ambitious ...

LEGO has announced plans to launch environmentally-friendly bricks made using plant-based plastics. These bricks are currently in production and will be launched in LEGO box sets later this year. The ...

Although we’re surrounded by millions of them every day, most of us don’t think about bricks too often. For thousands of years, the humble clay-fired brick hasn’t changed. The building blocks of ...

Scientists have grown bricks from urine that could someday be used to construct sustainable buildings. The team behind the "bio-bricks" says there is currently a fundamental shift towards using waste ...

Of all the ambitious ideas that might deliver us from the wrath of the changing climate, turning human urine into liquid gold seems like a long shot. But according to scientists in South Africa, it ...

On show in Milan last week were Ecomat’s Lego-esque building bricks. They’re made from sustainable materials, are earthquake-proof, and suitable for both permanent and temporary structures. Do you ...