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How to Build a Low-Carbon Home

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

The ‘How to Build a Low-Carbon Home’ 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 features full-scale installations, models, samples, tools, and photography. Photograph of Interior of Flat House, Margent Farm, Cambridgeshire, by Material Cultures, by Oskar Proctor. Image courtesy of Oskar Proctor. The Design Museum

Design Museum Low Carbon Home Wood
‘Wood’ section of How to Build a Low-Carbon Home.  © Felix Speller for the Design Museum
Design Museum Low Carbon Home STONE
‘Stone’ section of How to Build a Low-Carbon Home. © Felix Speller for the Design Museum
Design Museum Low Carbon Home STRAW
‘Straw’ section of How to Build a Low-Carbon Home. © 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 Flat House
Constructing Flat House, Margent Farm, Cambridgeshire, by Material Cultures. Image courtesy of Material Cultures.
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.
Design Museum Low Carbon Home Stone board
Close-up of the ‘Stone’ section 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.
The Long Straw –Wheat, M ARCH: Architecture, Central Saint Martins, with Material Cultures,2023. © Felix Speller for the Design Museum