This short film shows how hemp was grown on a Cambridgeshire farm and turned into construction materials that sequester carbon. More about See how hemp is cultivated, processed and used to build a house in this movie
A film producer who established a hemp farm to "pull carbon out of the atmosphere" has attacked UK laws that are holding back production of the biomaterial. More about Use of hemp in architecture and design held back by "ridiculous" UK rules says farmer who built a house from cannabis
Hemp can capture atmospheric carbon twice as effectively as forests while providing carbon-negative biomaterials for architects and designers, according to Cambridge University researcher Darshil Shah. More about Hemp "more effective than trees" at sequestering carbon says Cambridge researcher
Dutch company GreenPee has installed eight hemp-filled sustainable urinals in Amsterdam to combat an increase in people urinating in the streets after the coronavirus lockdown ended. More about GreenPee installs hemp urinals in Amsterdam to stop "wild peeing"
Furniture design studio ATRA has created a modular sofa system upholstered with a hemp-based fabric. More about ATRA uses hemp fibre and recycled materials for Nerthus-Sofa furniture collection
Practice Architecture worked alongside hemp farmers to erect this zero-carbon home in Cambridgeshire, England, from pre-fabricated panels in just two days. More about Hemp is used on interior and exterior of zero-carbon Flat House in Cambridgeshire
Walls made of hemp and lime, and local stone make up this sand-coloured house on a hill in northern Israel, which Haifa-based studio Tav Group designed for environmentally conscious artists. More about Tav Group builds rural artist's house in Israel with "cannabis walls"
Benjamin Hubert's London studio Layer has designed a modular screen system made up of triangular hemp tiles for Australian textile company Woven Image (+ slideshow). More about Layer uses large hemp tiles to create tessellating Scale partition system
A material made by mixing hemp with lime and water forms a new layer of insulation around this house in Belgium, as part of a renovation by Ghent studio Martens Van Caimere Architecten (+ slideshow). More about Hemp-based render gives striated skin to renovated house by Martens Van Caimere
Walls made from a traditional combination of stone and hemp-based plaster contrast with concrete, steel and glass details at this renovated house in the French village of Douvaine (+ slideshow). More about FRAR transforms a dilapidated French house and barn into a holiday home
Lengths of delicately woven fabric were draped over metal skewers at this Tokyo exhibition about the tradition of hemp textiles in Japan (+ slideshow). More about Yusuke Seki showcases fragile hemp textiles across banks of metal rods