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How to Build a Low-Carbon Home

8 July 2023 – 10 March 2024 | Design Museum, LONDON.

‘How to Build a Low-Carbon Home’, an exhibition at London’s Design Museum, explores how we can design homes to respond to the climate emergency, given that almost 30% of global carbon emissions are caused by construction and the running of buildings.

The exhibition features the works of contemporary architects and engineers reimagining wood, stone and straw to construct low-carbon housing. It includes full-scale installations, models, samples, tools, and photography.

Photograph by and courtesy of Oskar Proctor, showing the interior of 15 Clerkenwell Close, London designed by architects Groupwork and structural engineer Webb Yates. The Design Museum

Design Museum Low Carbon Home Wood
‘Wood’ display at How to Build a Low-Carbon Home. © Felix Speller for the Design Museum
Design Museum Low Carbon Home STONE
‘Stone’ display at How to Build a Low-Carbon Home. © Felix Speller for the Design Museum
Design Museum Low Carbon Home Stone board
Close-up of the ‘Stone’ display of How to Build a Low-Carbon Home. © Felix Speller for the Design Museum
Design Museum Low Carbon House Luget Quarry
Luget Quarry, Charente, France. Photography by Pierre Bidaud. Image courtesy of The Stone Masonry Company.
Design Museum Low Carbon Home STRAW
‘Straw’ display at How to Build a Low-Carbon Home. © Felix Speller for the Design Museum
Design Musuem Low Carbon Home straw iroof nstallation
The Long Straw – Wheat, M ARCH: Architecture, Central Saint Martins, with Material Cultures, 2023. © Felix Speller for the Design Museum
Design Museum Low Carbon Home CO2 emissions of materials
Model showing the level of carbon dioxide emissions per 1kg of wood, stone and straw. © Felix Speller for the Design Museum
Design Museum Low Carbon Housing Hemp panel Flat House
Installing a prefabricated hemp panel at Flat House, Margent Farm, Cambridgeshire, by Material Cultures. Image courtesy of Material Cultures.
Design Museum Low Carbon House Construction FlatHouse
Constructing Flat House, Margent Farm, Cambridgeshire, by Material Cultures. Image courtesy of Material Cultures.
Design Museum Low Carbon House Flat House Interior
Interior of Flat House, Margent Farm, Cambridgeshire, by Material Cultures. Image by, and courtesy of Oskar Proctor.
Design Museum Low Carbon Home Model of Dalston Works
Model of Dalston Works, Waugh Thistleton Architects, 2017. © Felix Speller for the Design Museum
Design Museum Low Carbon House Construction DalstonWorks
Construction of Dalston Works, Dalston, London, by Waugh Thistleton Architects. Photography by Daniel Sharing. Image courtesy of Waugh Thistleton Architects.