While some entrepreneurs and startups are pursuing lower-tech solutions for better and more sustainable building materials, such as mushrooms or hempcrete, many others are focusing on the cutting edge of materials science, and their developments are hoped to usher in a brave new world of high-tech construction and fabrication components.
Ranging from the macro of self-healing concrete to the micro of graphene, here are 6 futuristic building materials to watch:
[repostus]6 Building Materials of the Future (via Green Building Elements)
These futuristic building materials will change the way we construct buildings in the years to come. 1. Graphene Graphene is a one-atom thick layer of carbon. It is thin, strong, flexible, conducts electricity, and is virtually transparent. Researchers…