Henn and TU Dresden complete world's first carbon concrete building

German architecture firm Henn and the Technical University of Dresden have completed the world's first building made of carbon concrete — a lower-emissions form of concrete reinforced with carbon fibre instead of steel.
Called the Cube, the 243-square-metre building was constructed as a test of the new material and will provide a laboratory and event space for the university campus.
Its distinctive feature is a thin, twisting facade that both visually references the textile quality of carb