Concrete
From the Pantheon to ultra-performance UHPC mixes. 2,000 years of history, three technological revolutions, and the most-used material on Earth after water.
Stone and Marble
Carrara marble, Tivoli travertine, granite, basalt, tuff. Stone is the oldest building material — and the most durable.
Steel
S235, Cor-Ten, stainless, tensile cables, corrugated sheet. From the structural frame to the building's skin: steel isn't one material, it's a family.
Wood
Solid timber, GLULAM, CLT, LVL, acetylated Accoya®. Contemporary structural timber isn't your grandparents' wood — and timber skyscrapers already exist.
Brick
Solid, hollow, face, thermal-block brick, terracotta, cotto. The oldest material in built architecture — still used today for excellent reasons.
Glass in Architecture
Float, tempered, laminated, Low-E, structural, ETFE. Glass revolutionised the relationship between inside and outside — and keeps doing so.
Copper and Non-Ferrous Metals
Patinated copper, VMZINC zinc-titanium, anodised aluminium, titanium. Metal skins that age with grace — or shine forever.
Structural Bamboo
Guadua angustifolia, Moso, laminated bamboo. Strength close to steel, regrows in 5 years, sequesters CO₂. The most sustainable material almost no one uses in Europe.
Lime and Traditional Plasters
Air lime, natural hydraulic lime NHL, lime putty, Venetian marmorino, cocciopesto. The oldest binder in the built world — and the most compatible with restoration.
Raw Earth
Adobe, pisé, rammed earth, CEB, torchis. Near-zero embodied energy, regulates humidity, lasts millennia. The material of the future that's also the material of the past.
Innovative and Bio-Based Materials
Mycelium, self-healing concrete, aerogel, PCM, bacterial bio-bricks, 3D-printed raw earth. Experimental materials on their way out of the lab.