🏗️🏙️ The world's tallest building constructed using industrial hemp is set to open in South Africa, boasting 12 storeys and offering a stunning view of Cape Town's majestic TableMountain. Full story here ⬇
A general view of solar panels on top of the Hemp Hotel in Cape Town on April 25, 2023. Picture: AFP.
A general view of the Hemp Hotel in Cape Town on April 25, 2023. -Twelve floors, a breathtaking view over Table Mountain and a minimal ecological footprint: the world’s tallest building constructed from industrial hemp will soon rise in Cape Town city center. Photo by RODGER BOSCH/AFP The industrial hemp used for the Hemp Hotel had to be imported from Britain as South Africa banned local production up to last year, when the government started issuing cultivation permits.
“It shouldn’t be just a high-end product,” says Wolf, whose firm is involved in several social housing projects in South Africa and neighbouring Mozambique. “Hemp is 20 percent more expensive to build with” compared to conventional materials, says Afrimat Hemp’s carbon consultant Wihan Bekker.
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