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Meet Klara Marosszeky. She has been working for 10 years to create viable building material out of…hemp. That wall she’s leaning against? Yep. Made out of hemp. Hemp and lime, pressed into a form. The substance hardens and ta da! You’ve got hempcrete. The advantages of this method are numerous. The building material is resistant [...]
Posted by Strange Houses on Wednesday, October 6, 2010 at 12:24 am
Filed under All Houses, Green Houses · Tagged 10 years, Acre, american farmers, art, building material, carbon footprint, concrete, e book, Earthquake, Environment, green, hardware store, hemp house, hempcrete, house, houses, industrial hemp, ins and outs, lime, local option, mixture, mold, paragraph, paul benhaim, related articles, rodents, sticky wicket
How do you make an ancient structure modern and livable? Katsuhiro Miyamoto and Associates figured it out with the Hankai House in Akashi City. The original structure has many old pieces – roof parts and walls that date back to anywhere between 90 and 300 years ago. The original structure was a wooden gate house [...]
Posted by Strange Houses on Wednesday, September 1, 2010 at 7:49 am
Filed under All Houses, Shaped like something else · Tagged ancient structure, architect, architects, art, Construction and Maintenance, convenience, Design, Earthquake, earthquake resistant, end result, flavors, Floor plan, floor plans, Hankai House, japan, layouts, miyamoto, outer walls, photo, related articles, textures, wooden gate