Vernacular Crafts in Earth Pt2 - Alex Gibbons - BS58
Part two of the conversation with earth builder Alex Gibbons. Applications for the SPAB fellowship close on the 14th of September…
Vernacular Crafts in Earth Pt1 - Alex Gibbons - BS57
Part one of the conversation with earth builder Alex Gibbons in which we discuss his route into mud building, old buildings, the …
Historical Turf Construction - Daniel Postma - BS056
Daniel Postma is natural builder who has come to it from an interesting background - Archeology. Daniel is a specialist in tradi…
Cut the Craft - Amy Umbel & Brien Beidler - BS050
Something a bit special for episode 50 of the Building Sustainability Podcast. This is a reciprocal episode with Amy Umbel and Br…
Biophilic Design - Bill Browning & Catie Ryan - BS047
This week I am incredibly excited to be joined by Bill Browning and Catie Ryan from Terrapin Bright Green to discuss biophilic de…
Plants and Colour - Flora Arbuthnott - BS046
This week I'm joined by Flora Arbuthnott from www.plantsandcolour.co.uk . Having met Flora a few years ago, I was keen for her to…
ByteSize - Women in the workshop - Flo Hamer - BSBS004
Flo Hamer talks to us about women on the workshop, drawing on her personal experiences. Flo was my guest on our most popular Buil…
Willow Coffins - Weaving life into death - Caz Ingall - BS041
This episode I'm talking with Caz Ingall, who is a willow coffin weaver. We talk, not just of the process of weaving a vessel to …
How to grow chairs on trees - Full Grown - Alice & Gavin Munro
We at Full Grown are developing an elegant, bio-facturing process that emits oxygen, absorbs CO2 and whose byproducts sustain the…
Earth Building a trainee's perspective - Kit Jones & Anna Castilla Vi…
Earth Building is a tricky industry to get into. We wanted to find out about the training available to those wanting to get into …
Earth Building a trainee's perspective - Miki Z & Jamie Ingle
Earth Building is a tricky industry to get into. We wanted to find out about the training available to those wanting to get into …
Orchard Barn Reinstatement - Sarah Partridge - BS30
Orchard Barn is a community project in Suffolk to restore and reinstate a beautiful barn, and now the reinstatement of our 1580 S…
Clay plastering in Japan Pt1 - Emily Reynolds - BS27
Emily Reynolds is apprenticing as a clay plasterer in Japan. We have a big old geek out at the techniques, methods and recipes u…
Clay plastering in Japan Pt2 - Emily Reynolds
Emily Reynolds is apprenticing as a clay plasterer in Japan. We have a big old geek out at the techniques, methods and recipes u…
New Wood Culture - Barn the Spoon
The second of our 'Barn the Spoon' double bill. In this episode Barn talks about 'New Wood Culture' - A holistic approach to work…