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Hemp “more effective than trees” at sequestering carbon says Cambridge researcher

June 30, 2021 Marcus Fairs 0

Hemp can capture atmospheric carbon twice as effectively as forests while providing carbon-negative biomaterials for architects and designers, according to Cambridge University researcher Darshil Shah. “Numerous studies estimate that hemp is one of the best CO2-to-biomass converters,” said Shah, who is senior researcher at the Centre for Natural Material Innovation at Cambridge. “It’s even more

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“I respond to every fucking detail of the time we’re in” says Frank Gehry

June 29, 2021 Marcus Fairs 0

Frank Gehry’s new tower in Arles fits with both the ancient Roman city and today’s environmental agenda, the architect claimed in an exclusive interview with Dezeen. Speaking to Dezeen in Arles last week the Pritzker Prize-winner said The Tower, which has a steel-and-concrete frame and a glazed drum at its base, responds to current concerns

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“I respond to every fucking detail of the time we’re in” says Frank Gehry

June 29, 2021 Marcus Fairs 0

Frank Gehry’s new tower in Arles fits with both the ancient Roman city and today’s environmental agenda, the architect claimed in an exclusive interview with Dezeen. Speaking to Dezeen in Arles last week the Pritzker Prize-winner said The Tower, which has a steel-and-concrete frame and a glazed drum at its base, responds to current concerns

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Architecture “one of the least well-represented businesses” in UN’s net-zero push, says UN climate champion

June 28, 2021 Marcus Fairs 0

Architects are failing to engage with the UN’s drive to reduce carbon emissions with none of the 50 largest firms signed up to its Race to Zero campaign, according to Nigel Topping, the UN’s champion for the upcoming COP26 climate conference. This is despite the fact that the built environment contributes around 40 per cent

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Antepavilion building “smashed up” and staff arrested in police raid on design workshops

June 26, 2021 Marcus Fairs 0

Police have raided the building that hosts the annual Antepavilion architecture commission, arrested a number of its staff and threatened to remove an installation on its roof. The raid was intended to target climate activist group Extinction Rebellion, whose members had been attending workshops at the Hoxton Docks arts building in east London. However, Dezeen understands

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Mycelium is “part of the solution” to carbon-negative buildings

June 25, 2021 Marcus Fairs 0

Mycelium could soon be used to insulate and fire-proof buildings while sequestering carbon, according to sustainability expert David Cheshire. The biomaterial, which forms the root systems of fungi, is “a fantastic thing,” Cheshire said. “It’s naturally fire retardant,” he said. “It’s actually got better insulation properties than most standard insulation and it’s actually sequestering carbon.”

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Built Environment Summit seeks research that will “embolden governments” to decarbonise architecture

June 24, 2021 Marcus Fairs 0

A summit organised by RIBA and Architects Declare is seeking ideas for reducing carbon emissions from the built environment ahead of the COP26 climate conference in November. The Built Environment Summit, which takes place at the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) in London just before COP26, aims to alert governments to the need to reduce

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UK Built Environment Virtual Pavilion will “give the sector a voice” at COP26 climate conference

June 23, 2021 Marcus Fairs 0

Over 100 organisations have come together to create a virtual pavilion to draw attention to the built environment’s contribution to carbon emissions at the COP26 climate conference in November. The UK Built Environment Virtual Pavilion will contain an exhibition of exemplary low-carbon projects “within a bespoke virtual reality space” and host speeches and panel discussions.

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Climate change is “a design project needing lots of attention” says William McDonough

June 21, 2021 Marcus Fairs 0

Removing excess carbon from the atmosphere is a daunting but “very exciting” design challenge, according to sustainable-design guru William McDonough. Describing climate change as a “design failure,” the American architect and designer said that solving it will involve “hundreds of technologies and systems.” “It’s a design project needing lots of attention,” McDonough told Dezeen via

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Serpentine Pavilion’s use of biomaterials “more than compensates” for concrete emissions, says Aecom

June 16, 2021 Marcus Fairs 0

The construction of this year’s Serpentine Pavilion removed 31 tonnes of carbon from the atmosphere, according to a report by construction consultant AECOM. As a result, the structure can claim to be carbon negative, meaning that it will remove more CO2 equivalent from the atmosphere than it emits, up to the point it is dismantled.

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