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Building materials
Why does furniture fall apart so easily?
by
Kai Ryssdal
and Richard Cunningham
Sep 27, 2023
Furniture used to last a lifetime. Now, not so much. But how did we get here?
What if the next big crop we grow is for building materials?
Jun 20, 2022
In the Netherlands, a bridge is made of flax fiber ... the same flax that produces seeds for cereal.
Facing shortages of construction materials and labor, builders try to be flexible
Aug 2, 2021
Often that means negotiating what gets done when.
The quest for a more fire-resistant home
by
Amy Scott
Dec 28, 2018
Protective materials are out there, and they don't have to cost more.
Spike in demand for building materials helped drive overall retail sales in May
by
Reema Khrais
Jun 14, 2018
New numbers out Thursday show that Americans spent a lot of their paychecks on retail last month. U.S. retail sales were strong in May, rising about eight-tenths of a percent from a month earlier. That may sound small, but it’s the biggest one-month jump since last November. Among the merchants that got a lot of […]