Fibre Architecture Today
Dominique Gauzin-Müller
The use of fast-growing plant-based materials is a huge opportunity to store a large amount of carbon right now, and thus fight against climate change. The 50 biobased buildings described in this book were chosen from among 226 candidates for the FIBRA Award, the world’s leading prize for contemporary architecture using plant fibers. Made of bamboo, thatch, straw, palm leaves, bark, grasses from the North Sea or the Andean plateau, or even mushroom bricks, these inspiring examples from 45 countries encourage the rediscovery of abundant and inexpensive materials that require little energy to transform. A major contribution to the ecological and societal transition
