Hempcrete Homes with a Building Biologist

Nora Ureste is a Building Biologist who, together with her husband, Chris, is creating a small retreat center outside of Austin, Texas that can host people who are chemically and environmentally sensitive. The project, called Flourish Here, is working towards completing the first of 6 hempcrete homes and will feature a 5 bedroom retreat house, a comprehensive water catchment system and wellness amenities that include a tadelakt sauna. I visited her project in December 2023 on the Rolemodel Roadtrip and am looking forward to following along in the development process.

https://nextcity.org/urbanist-news/the-lower-sioux-in-minnesota-need-homes-so-theyre-building-them-from-hemp

https://buildingbiologyinstitute.org/