Archinect - News 2024-12-23T21:49:30-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/76899458/seaweed-clad-house-in-denmark-combines-natural-materials-with-21st-century-building-techniques Seaweed-Clad House in Denmark Combines Natural Materials With 21st Century Building Techniques MikeChino 2013-07-12T18:17:00-04:00 >2013-07-15T18:20:21-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/49/49gp9udbqq3gsxka.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>Danish non-profit organization Realdania Byg commissioned Vandkunsten architecture studio to design a holiday house that combines the most up-to-date construction techniques with local traditional materials. The architects designed and built a traditional house clad in seaweed&mdash;a material that was once used in hundreds of homes on then Danish island of L&aelig;s&oslash;, of which only 20 remain today.</p></em><br /><br /><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"> <html><head><meta></head></html>