Biomaterials
Lemoal Lemoal completes first public building in France to be made from hempcrete
Barrault Pressacco uses hempcrete to create social housing in Paris
Drive to reduce embodied carbon in buildings makes biomaterials market a “really exciting space”
Salt panels made using “only sun and wind” used to clad interior of Frank Gehry’s Arles tower
Mycelium is “part of the solution” to carbon-negative buildings
Serpentine Pavilion’s use of biomaterials “more than compensates” for concrete emissions, says Aecom
Hermès creates mycelium version of its classic leather Victoria bag
Morgan Ruben’s pair of lamps are grown from mycelium or light up like glow-worms
Pavilion grown from mycelium acts as pop-up performance space at Dutch Design Week
Kengo Kuma combines bamboo with carbon fibre to create “material for the future”
10 bioplastic projects made from algae, corn starch and other natural materials
Scientists developing bio-based carbon fibres being “showered with requests” for sustainable version of the wonder material
Ten tactile interiors that make use of natural biomaterials
Use of hemp in architecture and design held back by “ridiculous” UK rules says farmer who built a house from cannabis
Hemp “more effective than trees” at sequestering carbon says Cambridge researcher
Adidas unveils Stan Smith Mylo trainers made from mycelium leather
Stella McCartney creates clothes from mycelium leather to foster a “kinder fashion industry”
Amen grows carbon-negative mycelium packaging to ship its candles
Scarlett Yang designs lab-grown dress from algae that can decompose in hours
Thomas Vailly uses sunflowers to make bio-based materials
