10 Eco-Friendly Building Materials for Sustainable Design

Here are some alternative and eco-friendly building materials which can replace concrete and steel. These sustainable materials come from sources you would never have thought such as seaweed, mushrooms and even coffee. They allow designers and engineers to construct green buildings with a low carbon footprint.
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Thumbnail photos-
CSK Architects (top left), Jörg-Dieter Langhans/Flickr (top right), The Living (bottom left), Cob Cottage Mayne Island, British Columbia, Canada (bottom right)
Videos-
Cork
Kirsten Dirksen / YouTube
DeZeen
Roberto Conte
Schweiger Vineyards / YouTube
Jamie Goode / YouTube
Gui Rebelo

Coffee Husk
Woodpecker WPC / YouTube
Huskee Cup / YouTube
TvAgro/ YouTube
Artisan Tropic / YouTube

Newspaper Wood
Vij5
DeZeen / YouTube
Pennings Foundation / YouTube
Bradford Council / YouTube
Company New Heroes / YouTube
Newspaperwood.com

Mycellium
MycoWorks Media / YouTube
Nathan Finkel / YouTube
Yanko Design / YouTube
Fernando Guerra

Knowwaste
Knowaste / YouTube
Tiny House Giant Journey / YouTube

Plastic Bricks
UN Environmental Programme / YouTube
African insider / YouTube
Reuters / YouTube

Seaweed
https://www.amusingplanet.com/2018/02/the-seaweed-houses-of-ls-island.html
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