University explores if we can grow houses from fungus
By Ian YoungsA new £4.6m architecture centre is opening with an exhibition showing how we might soon be able to grow buildings from fungus, and other innovative ways to reduce cities' environmental impact.
That is "completely at odds with how most buildings are built, which usually involves lots of concrete and steel and glass", said Farrell Centre director Owen Hopkins. Mycelium is "not yet" at the stage where it can be used in real buildings - but is "not far off", Mr Hopkins told BBC News.Glasgow studio Dress for the Weather has created an installation suggesting possibilities for insulation
"So it offers some really fascinating possibilities, but also kind of completely destabilises that notion of architecture as something that is finished and fixed."Other parts of the More With Less exhibition offer ideas of new ways to use insulation, and solutions to make existing buildings more environmentally friendly by using common and low-cost materials.
Sir Terry, now 84, has played a part in shaping Newcastle - by working on the regeneration of the city's quayside in the 1990s, designing the Centre For Life, and extending the Great North Museum: Hancock.
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