THERE are three classical pillars of good architectural design: strength (durability), utility (functionality), and beauty ...

The concrete of ancient Rome was notoriously strong. Many of the buildings, bridges, and aqueducts built by the Romans still stand today. Now, thanks to a construction site left stuck in time in the ...

A construction site dating back nearly 2,000 years to the putative demise of Pompeii in 79 CE has revealed new evidence for the secret behind Ancient Rome's ultra-durable concrete. Last year, from ...

Ancient ruins in Pompeii, near the area of the House of the Garden of Hercules. Credit: Paul Appleton / CC BY-NC 2.0 An unfinished construction site in Pompeii is giving researchers their best look ...

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Concrete was the foundation of the ancient Roman empire. It enabled Rome's storied architectural revolution as well as the construction of buildings, bridges, and aqueducts, many of which are still ...

From the iconic Colosseum in Rome to Hadrian’s Wall all the way in England, there’s one question most people must ask themselves when gazing upon the enduring traces of one of the most beloved ancient ...

An ancient Pompeii wall at a newly excavated site, where Associate Professor Admir Masic applied compositional analysis (overlayed to right) to understand how ancient Romans made concrete that has ...

The Theater is not a place. It is a function. We often assume it to be concrete, velvet, a wave of hidden beams, a static diagram. In this misconception lies its deepest, unresolved truth. If ...

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