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Architecture students turn plants and organic waste into building materials

February 26, 2025

Bioengineers and CCA architecture students research the potential to create sustainable, net-zero buildings by transforming organic waste, such as eggshells, into building materials.

Architecture students bioengineer eggshells into housing material.

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A drawn rendering of futuristic dwellings floating on a river with their anchors visible in the water below.

Sustainable architecture: The greenest solution?

Professors from California College of the Arts explain why they advocate for resilient design to meet the challenges of a warming planet.

Where the rubber meets the recycling

The Rubber Impact Project is interested in junk—specifically, the inner tubes of well-tread rubber tires, which they are transforming into sustainable treasure.

Cross section of Buoyant Ecologies Float Lab.

Center for Impact at CCA announces Impact Award Winners

The Impact Award offers crucial funding for projects that could make a long-term impact addressing social and environmental challenges.