Building materials

Anyone who builds needs building materials. Building materials are materials that can be used to construct structures, for example buildings, bridges and roads.The use of most building materials is regulated by standards.Since building materials differ in quality depending on the material (selection, combination, quality and processing), planning and project planning principles, current standards and guidelines, specifications and ordinances by the legislator, processing regulations and the recognised rules of construction technology also apply.

Read more

The use of building materials is always dependent on the state of technology.This changes constantly in the course of technical progress.Depending on the state of the art in a society, proven building materials are used and/or new building materials are developed.

New techniques for the use of a new building material develop around it, and so on.

Filter posts
Hide filters
Categories
Apply filter and show results

Digital product passport for the construction industry

Process-related data provision for the construction industry - Objective: Making taxonomy, life cycle assessment rules, cost auditing and construction documentation manageable for small and medium-siz

CIRCULAR TIME LAB - Lucerne Summer

Circular Time Lab is a three-year design-build project by the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and regional timber SMEs. Following the principle...

Saxony State Exhibition 2020

Temporary Architecture in the Loop: A Re-use Concept for the Exhibition in the Zwickau Audi Hall For the central exhibition of the 4th Saxon State Ex...

District Office Esslingen

STRABAG subsidiary ZÜBLIN planned and constructed the new Esslingen District Office building on a turnkey basis – as a two-stage pilot project for cir...

School Köln-Deutz

The Brügelmannstraße secondary school in Cologne-Deutz is one of the most sustainable schools in Germany. It consists of flexible cluster areas that p...

AVA Augsburg

A new extension for the AVA waste management administration building in Augsburg is currently being constructed using solid clay. The project highligh...

Youth Center Ingersheim

Real-World Laboratory S210: from construction aid to permanent architecture: Repurposing concrete formwork from the Stuttgart 21 project into a local ...

Vienna Sports Arena

The Sport Arena Wien is part of the City of Vienna’s sports facilities development program and replaces the former complex on the same site. The new b...

Omega House Revitalisation

Built in 1994, the Omega Haus in Offenbach now meets the energy-efficient EGB-55 standard following its comprehensive revitalization. Instead of demol...

Historic Renovation in Van-der-Nüll-Gasse

The renovation project in Van-der-Nüll-Gasse, Vienna-Favoriten, marks Austria’s first circular-economy-based modernization of a 'Gründerzeit' building...

Fire station building of the Holcim cement plant

The new fire station at the Mannersdorf cement plant was built as an operational facility for the plant fire brigade. The compact building volume is f...

Paul & Rosa

In Schweinfurt, Riedel Bau AG realized the residential and research project Paul & Rosa on an approximately 1,400-square-meter plot in the Hochfel...

Am Hirschfeld

The Viennese housing project ‘Am Hirschfeld’ demonstrates how energy self-sufficiency can be integrated into the social housing sector. The focus is o...

New cafeteria for the comprehensive school “An der Berkel” in the city of Vreden

In planning the project, the city of Vreden (North Rhine-Westphalia) placed great emphasis on circular construction. A life cycle analysis was carried...

Moringa

In Hamburg's HafenCity, the Moringa residential district is being developed on the northern shore of the Baakenhafen. The complex comprises three buil...

New building of the Martin-Behaim-Gymnasium

Timber-hybrid construction and use of 7,500 m³ of recycled concrete  In the Nuremberg district of Ludwigsfeld, a new school campus for around 1,500 s...