When two recent architecture school graduates in the Dutch city of Rotterdam decided to build their own house on an empty lot, they chose a material that has never been used in a home before: bricks ...

What if building an emergency battery were as easy as painting conductive plastic onto bricks, stacking them, and charging them up? Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have done just ...

For more than 75 years, a 49-acre plot in a small Connecticut town has housed some of the gems of architectural history. In addition to the Glass House, Philip Johnson’s legendary structure for which ...

Sited at the base of a major slope, The Brick House had severe water damage in 2008. (Courtesy National Trust for Historic Preservation) The 56-foot long, 900-square-foot Brick House is known ...