There is a good article about the growing interest and popularity of using hempcrete in the United States. It addresses both the beneficial aspects of using hempcrete and the hurdles that still need to be jumped to actually use it. … Continue reading →
A pair of new bamboo structures have appeared in a Park in the Dorchester neighborhood in Boston, MA. The 14-foot tall bamboo teepee-like structures were installed by alumni from Wentworth Institute of Technology (WIT) who learned about bamboo construction and … Continue reading →
There are plenty of ways to polish clay, this is just one put together for this video, but the concepts are the same for other polished plasters, like tadelakt. You can watch the video at www.youtube.com Plaster mixes: These mixes … Continue reading →
An article entitled “Typical wildfire recovery is ‘rebuilding to burn’, but there’s another way” makes the point that instead of rebuilding burned houses with the same mainstream concepts that continue to be vulnerable to fires, people should look toward more … Continue reading →
On a hill in an olive grove overlooking the sea and the monasteries of Mount Athos in the Mediterranean, Eva Sopeoglou designed a low-maintenance weekend home that reflects a season’s and a day’s evolving sunlight. The project is highly experimental … Continue reading →
Braelyn and James are two artists who poured their creativity into this beautiful DIY tiny house build. For just under $60,000 CAD they built a 32-foot tiny house with two staircases, two patio doors, and two king-sized lofts with a … Continue reading →