# Insurance for Natural Builds and What Providers Actually Cover I spent eighteen months trying to get my cob and timber frame extension insured properly. Not because I’m particularly slow,…
# The Real Cost of Building With Natural Materials vs Conventional Construction When I started analysing the true costs of natural building materials versus conventional construction, I expected to find…
**ReGen Villages Netherlands: When Silicon Valley Meets Dutch Polder Dreams** Look, I’ll admit it upfront. When I first heard about ReGen Villages back in 2015, I rolled my eyes so…
# How to Find a Structural Engineer Who Understands Natural Materials When you’re planning a build with hemp lime, timber frame construction, or cob walls, finding the right structural engineer…
# Lammas Ecovillage: Living Proof That Off-Grid Community Design Actually Works I first heard about Lammas when a client mentioned they’d visited friends who lived “completely off-grid in Wales, but…
# Musée du Quai Branly Paris and the Living Wall That Started a Movement I remember the first time I saw photos of the Quai Branly wall back in 2006.…
I still remember the first time I walked the High Line in 2010, a year after the first section opened. I was researching adaptive reuse projects for my thesis, expecting…
I remember the first time I saw photographs of Bosco Verticale back in 2014, thinking “that looks incredible, but how on earth do you maintain it?” Ten years later, having…
# Ko Bögen II Düsseldorf and Europe’s Largest Green Façade I’ve spent years telling clients that green façades are the future of urban design, but honestly, I was getting tired…
I’ve spent most of my career watching developers slap solar panels on conventional houses and call it sustainable building. Then I visited Hockerton Housing Project in Nottinghamshire, and realised I’d…