Studio Bio Case Study: North Yorkshire Radical Retrofit

Illingworths Barn is an extensive renovation of a 18th century Yorkshire stone barn. Natural materials have been prioritised throughout the design of this project. The pine king-post roof trusses have been left exposed in the existing building, and a new Douglas fir in-the-round column and glulam beam structure is used in the new glazed extension.

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Hempcrete Blocks: New load-bearing system available

load-bearing hempcrete blocks

What’s new in Hempcrete Blocks? It was really interesting to see IsoHemp’s new Hempro loadbearing system for hempcrete block walls under construction on site last month. The new system consists of normal hempcrete blocks that have been adapted to allow the casting of a reinforced concrete frame inside the hempcrete wall as the building goes […]

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Ecobuild 2017, ASBP and Build It Live North West

Hempcrete Blocks HCB Ecobuild 2017

Show Season Ecobuild 2017 With a busier-than-ever year ahead of us, UK Hempcrete is currently in the thick of the show season. If you missed us at ASBP ‘Healthy Buildings’ conference, and Build It Live North West, catch us at Ecobuild (7-9 March).  We’ll be casting hempcrete into a timber frame and showing our pre-cast […]

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