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AJ Climate Champions podcast: Vinu Daniel on transforming mud and waste into architecture
‘The idea is to propagate. I want to do airports, I want to build cities,’ says the founder of award-winning practice Wallmakers
Tag: natural materials
Case study: Spruce House and Studio by ao-ft
The new-build home and self-contained garden studio was constructed from cross-laminated timber (CLT) on an infill site in Walthamstow, east London. Photography by Rory Gardiner
Case study: An Office and Two Houses by Loader Monteith
The burnt larch-clad buildings in the Scottish Highlands provide the office for a mountain biking tour operator as well as two low-energy private residences. Photography by Henry Woide
Costs: Natural materials
The latest sample cost breakdowns for natural products
Why we specified cut limestone bricks instead of clay at Mayfield School
Adam Richards Architects has swapped out the originally proposed clay fired bricks for natural stone in its designs for an extension to the 19th century independent Mayfield Catholic boarding school
Review: Homegrown – Building a Post-Carbon Future
Derin Fadina visits an exhibition of photographs, films and innovative bio-materials exploring ways to help wean construction off its climate-damaging carbon dependency
Case study: Lea Bridge Library Pavilion by Studio Weave
The architect has added a café and adaptable community space to the Grade II-listed Lea Bridge Library in east London. Photography by Jim Stephenson
MPs back RetroFirst approach and demand planning and tax reforms
A report from the House of Commons’ Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) has sharply criticised government inaction on embodied carbon and has echoed all three strands of the AJ’s RetroFirst campaign
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
Tim Scrace’s sketches preview Salisbury summer installation
Architect and artist Tim Scrace prepares installation of interactive sculpture for Salisbury High Street