Hemp house

Take a deeper look at three hemp homes built this summer in Texas, Colorado and Michigan.

The Marrickville Hempcrete house is an exciting project that shows how acoustic requirements for aircraft noise can be met, without compromising on thermal performance and aesthetics.The design challenge was to create a better living space for a family of four without increasing the site coverage. The existing footprint has not been increased on the ground […]

Modern dual occupancy home for three generations designed by Steffen Welsch Architects located in Melbourne, Australia.

Hemp ‘shiv’, which is the inner woody core of industrial hemp plants, are cut into short lengths and mixed with a binder. This is primarily made up of hydraulic lime which is combined with water. When mixed it becomes porridge like in consistency, and is ready to place into the formwork to form monolithic walls of the house, both interior and exterior. Mixing only takes a couple of minutes (with the right hardware), and once the hempcrete has been placed, it is firm within an hour, solid…

Cairn has used hand-poured hempcrete to form the rough textured walls at House Made by Many Hands, an extension of a Victorian home in east London.

Walls made of hemp and lime, and local stone make up this sand-coloured house on a hill in northern Israel, which Haifa-based studio Tav Group designed for environmentally conscious artists.

Make your space more sustainable with the latest information on industrial design and product design.

Imagine building your dream home with a material that's not only eco-friendly but also provides superior insulation, longevity, and comfort. Enter hempcrete, an amazing building material that’s making waves in sustainable construction. If you've never heard of hempcrete, you're in for a treat! This guide will introduce you to the benefits of using hempcrete for your new home or renovation/addition and why it’s worth considering.

Western Australia’s first hemp home has been completed in Margaret River and there are another three hemp building projects underway in the south west.

Hemp is not only showing up in clothing, bedding and food but now it’s being used to build homes. Ryan Chadwick and his wife, Emily Franz, own StayKondo, a manufacturing company with a new design for a hemp-based modular house. StayKondo manufactures modular tiny homes out of industrial hemp. Created from a giant infused