Beautiful, eco-friendly and fire resistant: why architects are choosing walls made of hemp
Sumptuously textured, carbon negative and just a bit more expensive, hempcrete is being increasingly used in eco-friendly building Michael Leung first came across hempcrete after a family tragedy. When his father-in-law died from asbestos-related mesothelioma, Leung, an architect, swore off using toxic materials in building. “When you go on a healthy building journey, inevitably you…