natural materials

A CLT house buried into a hillside

June 7, 2026

Hello Wood’s CLT House shelters into a sloping site outside Budapest, where a timber structure and green roof make for a home at ease in nature.

Brown House by BLDUS is conceived as an ecosystem

A healthy home made with cork, bamboo and hemp

December 9, 2025

With its compact footprint and clever urban insertion, Brown House treats home as an ecosystem, using bio-based materials to construct a healthier, lower-impact model for urban living.

Kengo Kuma's Great (Bamboo) Wall House from 2002 is revisited

A look back at Kengo Kuma’s Great (Bamboo) Wall House

October 23, 2025

Along a Beijing ridgeline, Kengo Kuma trades the stand-alone house for a living wall, letting the architecture follow the terrain. Using bamboo in articulated densities, the project turns a single material into structure, screen and atmosphere – binding the dwelling to place with a line drawn ever so softly.

Tea earth bricks feature through this tea shop concept store

A steeped material – tea earth bricks cover the walls of this store

October 20, 2025

This calm retail interior features a biocomposite brick made by compacting local soil with spent tea leaves using a traditional rammed-earth technique. Pressed rather than fired, the “tea-earth” material turns waste into a tactile architecture – all with lower embodied carbon and a circular end-of-life.

Proclamation House by State of Kin uses a custom hemp render inside and out

Proclamation House by State of Kin is wrapped in a custom hemp render

July 28, 2025

Proclamation House by State of Kin is a masterclass in material expression and warm minimalism. Designed as a sanctuary for its owners, the home draws strength from its sculptural form and earthy textures, most evident in its embrace of a custom-rendered hemp plaster that wraps both inside and out.

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