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Citizens Design Bureau’s straw bale welcome centre for listed estate approved
Citizens Design Bureau has been granted planning permission for a ‘net zero’ straw bale welcome centre on a Grade I-listed estate in the West Midlands
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AJ Climate Champions podcast: How France is pioneering contemporary architecture built from straw, hemp and thatch
Natural materials expert Dominique Gauzin-Müller describes France’s growing movement to build in straw, hemp and thatch with a contemporary aesthetic
Make mine a plant-based building please
The escalating climate emergency means construction must clean up its act without delay. A solid rule-of-thumb is to specify materials derived from plants, argues Joe Giddings
The future is green but the regs have yet to catch up
Geoff Wilkinson looks at issues surrounding the use of natural construction materials
Forget the three little pigs: straw can be an effective building material
Geoff Wilkinson looks at the potential for using straw in housebuilding, and how it complies with the Regs