As building with wood becomes more popular, interest is growing in other eco-friendly natural materials, like straw, cork, and clay. These resources are often locally available and can be composted ...

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The buildings present the entire spectrum of natural materials. They show numerous construction and application methods of the different building materials. This book manifests what is possible using ...

The material can extend over 100m without movement joints when ... The project engaged trainees from The School of Natural Building during the construction programme, offering practical courses in ...

Engineers have developed a building material that uses the root-like mycelium of a fungus and bacteria cells. Their results show that this material -- which is manufactured with living cells at low ...

Probably not -- unless you've heard of transparent wood. Made by modifying wood's natural structure, this material has been proposed as a sturdy, eco-friendly alternative for plastic. Researchers ...

This isn't an isolated event, and some in the community have become increasingly curious about building homes made of natural ...

The Natural Materials and Polymer Processing Group, is headed by Margaret C. Burns Chair in Engineering and Professor in Materials Science and Engineering Caroline Schauer. The NMPP group works ...

Or a house with wooden windows? Probably not — unless you’ve heard of transparent wood. Made by modifying wood’s natural structure, this material has been proposed as a sturdy, eco-friendly plastic ...