Self-healing concrete
Concrete that can repair itself over time without the need for maintenance. Read more
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Well, buildings in this German town were built using stones embedded with tiny diamonds.
Check out these researchers who figured a way to make plastic and other building materials almost as hard as diamonds.
https://www.fastcompany.com/90433748/were-on-the-verge-of-making-buildings-as-strong-as-diamonds
Diamond is hard but very brittle and will break easily under the right conditions.
Diamonds are used in the construction industry, but for drilling and cutting. They are too expensive and thus would be impractical to use as a building material.