Hemp house

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

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.

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.

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

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 […]

This low-carbon hempcrete house in the forest in the Czech Republic shows what can be achieved using natural materials for house building

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…

Hempcrete, a material made from the versatile hemp plant, presents a new approach to building sustainable constructions.

Hemp Flooring - The new Eco-Friendly Flooring Type. Can it Compete with Bamboo? An In-Depth Analysis of Hemp Wood Flooring.

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.