Why Your Material Choice Matters
As designers, we play a critical role in the material choice used in construction projects. These choices affect more than just the performance of a
Occupant Comfort and Rammed Earth
Karen Ridgewell ARB, Senior Design Officer, Architecture and Design Scotland shares some insights on the use of Rammed Earth Construction. Rammed Earth: In March 2019,
Circular Economy Materials for Low Carbon, Healthy Buildings
Introduction: In September 2019, Zero Waste Scotland in collaboration with The Alliance of Sustainable Building Products and Architecture and Design Scotland hosted the event ‘Circular
One brick at the time: changing the future of construction
Imagine a brick that is made of 90% recycled waste and the required energy for production is 1/10 of traditional bricks; that exists and it is made in Scotland.