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Hempcrete and timber form the rough-hewn walls of this south London house extension, designed by local studio Nimtim Architects with a focus on low-carbon materials.
A beautiful example of IWI on stone walls using sprayed hempcrete and finished with a hemp-lime plaster.
In a recent interview with HempToday, our COO Liam Donohoe shares valuable insights into the future of hempcrete and biobased construction materials.
Discover the affordability and benefits of hempcrete construction. Learn about cost factors and long-term savings, and see why many are choosing hempcrete for sustainable building.
A 3 storey large detached family hempcrete home, which was recently completed in late 2021 with UK Hempcrete providing consultancy, site training and material supply.
Tritton Road is a London based modestly sized rear single-storey extension, which has been carried to completion by the self-builder client to an impressive specification. Tritton Road is small but perfectly formed.
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.
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 […]
Part 2 of our blog post comparing natural and synthetic insulation materials… “We shape our buildings; thereafter they shape us…” Winston Churchill (1874-1965) In Part 1 of this blog article I looked at the problems inherent in trying to reduce carbon emissions in the built environment by using huge amounts of synthetic materials to insulate […]
“We shape our buildings; thereafter they shape us…” said Winston Churchill (1874-1965), who died 50 years ago this this week. This oft-quoted comment on architecture resonates today as much it ever did. With the emphasis today on building (and upgrading our existing buildings) to meet standards of energy performance – in both construction and use […]
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